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| From: | Sami Farin <safari-qmail@safari.iki.fi> |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:02:52 +0200 |
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On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:48:53 -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote: > Sami Farin <safari-qmail@safari.iki.fi> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:36:59 -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote: > > ... > > > -blocking mail based on the client being dynamically addressed blocks > > > legitimate mail > > > > Sure... What's the ratio? 1:100000 (ham:spam)? > > I don't know, because I don't have statistics on how much of my mail comes > from dynamically-addressed hosts. And if you block mail from > dynamically-addressed hosts, *you don't know either*. What, you mean I can't read the logs? > The people who seem most sure that this doesn't block "much" legitimate mail > appear to be exactly those people who can't know it, because they *are* > blocking mail with this technique. Indeed. Loads and loads of unwanted mail. If the mails were "legitimate", they would have contacted the management. --
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