[Autistic] mail server upgrade

[Andy Smith]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 08:42:59PM +0000, sparkes wrote:
> Thanks to Andy and the other guys at lug.org.uk we have a lot more anti
> spam features on the mailserver.  The good news is I won't have to deal
> with so much spam, the bad news is some people might have problems with
> the new system rejecting or delaying their mail.

It may not mean much to the list members, but MANY lists on
lug.org.uk have a moderation queue into the THOUSANDS of messages
because the list owners have been overwhelmed by the spam.  WHich
means that if your mail mistakenly got held for moderation you could
basically kiss it goodbye.

Now things hopefully will be easier for the list owners to cope
with.

> If you are on a dynamic ip listed as a naughty one (such as my bt
> address) you might have problems (as I have ;-) ) the solution is to
> send your message through a more trusted mailserver.  This message is
> sent through gmails smtp to test if that works.

If you were told you were blocked by SORBS DUL then you might want
to try it agan as we just backed off from that due to complaints.

However I do think you are generally not wise to send mail direct
from residential connections as many many places will block and even
spamassassin will mark you up for it.

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