*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/06/00 at 14:16 Danny wrote: <cut> >- Block out free email accounts like hotmail, yahoomail, start.com.au, email.com >- People always use those email accounts to spam you. >- Avoid giving away your real email to user forum groups like deja, > >- There is a book from O'Rielly which explains how you can combat this problem. > This is not a valid solution for most, most mail suppliers will cut any account if provided with evidence of spamming, ie most people spam with complete false details and *NOT* a valid return address that is owned by them. Mail server configuration is the way to go, also using tools/services to cut down on the amount of spams, if using sendmail there are ample docs on how to restrict this, see www.sendmail.org Regards Greg Wright IT Consultant Sydney Australia -- *** Please trim any replies *** *** Please turn off HTML in your email *** *** Please don't use the list for test messages *** *** Why not read the archives? http://moongroup.com/redhat.phtml *** -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
