Malecki Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hello All, Most of you have no idea who I am, but the old folks here will know. I just want to give my thank to SpamCop. Back in '98 SpamCop helped me like no other resource could have. We run a wholesale service called MegaPOP, where mom and pop ISPs could open their own business without all the dialup equipment or mail servers. Our first problem was that we had no idea the type of spam problem that we were getting ourselves into. Days and Nights were spent just trying to keep up with spam reports/complaints. With the help of these forums and others we were able to build SMTP filters that attached to someone radius profile, limiting those people to use only the ISP mail server or ours. Those filters prevented spammers from relaying email off of other ISPs / customers. Those filters helped contain a vast amount of spam from this network. The next step was switching from Sendmail to Postfix (which is a major upgrade in user friendliness) We were then able to setup throttles so that no large amounts of email left or servers. It has been years since I have visited here, mainly because my responsibilities switched here (part of integration teams). I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm back to fight the good fight. But most of all I wanted to thank SpamCop and it's users for all the help it has provided over the years. John Malecki Systems Administrator - PAETEC starnetusa.net starnetinc.com megapop.net popsite.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Most of you have no idea who I am, but the old folks here will know. There probably won't be but a few, as that ancient history was primarily over in the newsgroups. But a most definite welcome back from this old guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidT Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Systems Administrator - PAETEC PAETEC -- now *that* brings back memories ("PaeTec vs. Monsterhut" -- look it up). DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Betsy Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I do remember PAETEC vs Monsterhut! But, at that time in the ngs, I was a 'newbie' and probably most of your posts were over my head. Welcome back! Your experience will help the system admins who, occasionally, still come for advice. Miss Betsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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