[AT] Not OT since it is about the list email....

[JParks]

THAT! is a lot of blocking...............and of those that come through, my
Mailwasher screens out another 70-80% and I manually take care of the rest.

John Parks
Boise, ID


----- Original Message -----
From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>; <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:46 AM
Subject: [AT] Not OT since it is about the list email....


> I just thought you folks would get a kick out of seeing what ATIS and
other
> folks that run email servers have to deal with in terms of
SPAM/Phish/Virus
> mail:
>
> http://www.atis.net/~yostsw/trendreport.pdf
>
> This is just one of 49 domains I provide email service for.   Well over
20K
> messages/day are blocked and maybe 1.5K is accepted. You can bet your
> bottom dollar that many ISPs don't go to this much trouble (and why you
get
> more than a few SPAM messages a day) and the ones that do are going to
have
> to start charging for email.
>
> Speakign of email postage:  This doesn't affect us too much, but is a
> harbinger of things to come.  Make no mistake:  Email postage is coming,
> even if it takes a few years:
>
> http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,38950,00.html
> http://www.sacunion.com/pages/entertainment/articles/7679/
>
> Just thought this would be an interesting point and some intersting
reading
> on a day that is snowy for most of us.
>
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
> http://www.atis.net
>
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