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Fawkes · 06-01-2004, 20:25

I'm surprised the poll is 2/3 in favour of blocking server side so far, does that mean 66% of the people who voted are confident in NTL ability to only block spam and not the mail they want? I'd prefer them to flag it as spam so I can divert it into a separate folder for a quick look if I think I've missed something. People are complaining about missing mail already and this would only make the problem worse, remember port blocking becoming the fall guy for everyones problems when that was introduced.

The problem is that if you ask 100 people what should be blocked and what shouldn't you will most likely get 100 different answers.

As far as the law is concerned, yes there will soon be tighter controls on spam from UK companies but 90% of my spam originates outside the UK and how well will the new laws be enforced anyway?

Spam is a pain but so is not getting the email you want.

software like spam assassin would get my vote.

06-01-2004, 20:25	#9
Fawkes Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 49 Services: VM: 120M Broadband, TV + Landline Posts: 471	Re: How should NTL handle spam ? I'm surprised the poll is 2/3 in favour of blocking server side so far, does that mean 66% of the people who voted are confident in NTL ability to only block spam and not the mail they want? I'd prefer them to flag it as spam so I can divert it into a separate folder for a quick look if I think I've missed something. People are complaining about missing mail already and this would only make the problem worse, remember port blocking becoming the fall guy for everyones problems when that was introduced. The problem is that if you ask 100 people what should be blocked and what shouldn't you will most likely get 100 different answers. As far as the law is concerned, yes there will soon be tighter controls on spam from UK companies but 90% of my spam originates outside the UK and how well will the new laws be enforced anyway? Spam is a pain but so is not getting the email you want. software like spam assassin would get my vote.