From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 11:28:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF8137B401 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:28:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dglawrence.com (12-224-163-157.client.attbi.com [12.224.163.157]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD26043FE0 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:28:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dg@nexus.dglawrence.com) Received: from nexus.dglawrence.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dglawrence.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h5UIT1jb099016; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:29:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dg@nexus.dglawrence.com) Received: (from dg@localhost) by nexus.dglawrence.com (8.12.9/8.12.3/Submit) id h5UIT02p099015; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:29:00 -0700 From: "David G. Lawrence" To: Michael Sierchio Message-ID: <20030630182900.GC35100@nexus.dglawrence.com> References: <200306300357.h5U3vwv6041101@nexus.dglawrence.com> <3EFFB607.6030101@tenebras.com> <20030630042653.GK29066@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3EFFD0D1.9030605@tenebras.com> <20030630061417.GA35100@nexus.dglawrence.com> <3F0044CD.1070908@tenebras.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F0044CD.1070908@tenebras.com> cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please confirm (conf#3cf11a7145595546740c6064dbc27044) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:28:20 -0000 >What would it do with my hotel reservation confirmation email? It stores all messages waiting for confirmation in a queue. It doesn't throw anything away. If I'm expecting something like a hotel reservation confirmation, then I can look in the queue for it. It is really a small price to pay to avoid the ~400 spams that I get each day. I never said this scheme was perfect. For me, spam has reached crisis proportions - and I only get about 400/day. I know some people that get over a thousand a day. It all depends on how long and how much you've been doing email with a particular email address. Aside from changing email addresses or shutting off email entirely, there are few alternative solutions that are effective. I despise third party blacklists, especially spews which I've been victimized by several times. -DG David G. Lawrence Download Technologies, Inc. - http://www.downloadtech.com - (866) 399 8500 TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com - (888) 346 7175 The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Pave the road of life with opportunities.