This morning just about every single public email address on our systems is being spammed by SpamArrest, as one of their users hasn't whitelisted us.Idiots!If you're going to use a C/R system you need to get your head examined in the first place, but if you must insist then at least take the time to whitelist people who need to communicate with you.Other people manage to use … [Read more...] about Spam Arrest Users Need a Clue
Abusing Abuse Contacts
I keep a very close eye on our abuse desk. Most of the time it's fairly quiet. Sometimes there are legitimate abuse reports and sometimes there are reports that make no sense. In some instances this is because the person submitting the report is clueless and thinks we are responsible for websites hosted in Sweden (or anywhere else really - Sweden just popped into my head!)In … [Read more...] about Abusing Abuse Contacts
Installing MailScanner on DirectAdmin with exim
This howto was written in order to help users of DirectAdmin install and correctly configure MailScanner with Exim. It is based on several years experience working with MailScanner and has been used in the installation of production servers running a variety of rpm based linux distributions including: RedHat 9 Fedora Centos WhiteBox While every effort has been made to … [Read more...] about Installing MailScanner on DirectAdmin with exim
Sending bulk email without spamming
If you are going to run a mailing list you need to be very conscious of the problems you face. At the technical/design level you need to send emails that people will be able to read.Plain text emails are obviously going to be legible in all email clients, but are not as attractive as HTML ones. Unfortunately no two email clients are going to render your emails in exactly the … [Read more...] about Sending bulk email without spamming