On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 00:39, Russell Hires wrote:
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> Hey Everyone...
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> I'm going through the domain registration process, and in viewing the
> agreement on godaddy.com, there's a clause about your personal information
> (mainly address being put into the whois database, and that it might be sold
> in bulk, etc...and that it was because ICANN said it has to be that way. [1]
> First, ??? I don't get that. Second, for those that have registered domains,
> has it increased the amount of spam you receive or regular unsolicited snail
> mail? Are there any other "unintended consequences" that go with the
> registration?
> Third, I don't mind some of my information being a part of the whois
> database, since this information can be of some importance, however...there's
> privacy concerns...
>
> Thanks for your input on this.
In the vein of filtering SPAM, I highly recommend using Spamassassin
combined with procmail for the local MDA. Works like a charm for me at
home. It can even be combined with fetchmail to filter pop mail.
Check out: http://spamassassin.taint.org/
For a more complete solution (spam filtering plus virus scanning), I
recommend combining Mailscanner with Spamassassin:
http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/
-- Matt Miller Systems Administrator MP TotalCare gpg public key id: 08BC7B06
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