Over the 6 days, (28 Dec - 2 Jan) I have received 450 spam messages from my ntl account.
I do use spampal to mark spam so I can send it directly to my bin, and empty it on exit, however at 50 odd emails a day this takes a long time, so as I have a Linux server at home I want to set it up as my email server using a free DNS address. It also makes receiving email on my Pocket PC over GPRS very expensive and annoying.
I think the main cause of this is down to Ntlworld being very popular so spammers are using brute force methods to send the spam, or my email address has just ended up on the internet somewhere
I was wondering what software to use as an email server, something that will receive emails directly from senders and store it for me to collect from my laptop or pocket pc, but I'd also like to send email via this server as well.
I'd like to send and retrieve it where ever I am, on my LAN, a friends LAN, dialup or GPRS.
I think I remember ntl restricting the use of email ports, and sending email using different email accounts (but I think all ISPs do this), I suppose this will effect the ability to retrieve it from my server outside my LAN and to send email from it, or can I change the default ports
Does anyone have any thoughts about this, 450 emails in 6 days is a bit extreme really, and itâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s been happening for a long time.
Thanks