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Alex McKee · 19-07-2007, 12:30 PM

Not exactly a practical solution. Only people like myself and yourself, who use their computers extensively and with considerable experience are even able to install and manage their own servers with any degree of safety - after all, a misconfigured mail server is an open invitation to spammers to use as a relay.

John Carter · 19-07-2007, 12:38 PM

If an idiot like me can do it, then anyone can.

Alex McKee · 19-07-2007, 12:42 PM

I used to think like that, but in my years of helping other people to do relatively routine stuff, I have found that generally people do not think straight.

Somewhat related to their inexplicable ability to vote labour or conservative at General Elections whilst hating everything they now stand for.

John Carter · 19-07-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex McKee

Somewhat related to their inexplicable ability to vote labour or conservative at General Elections whilst hating everything they now stand for.

You have a point.

John Carter · 19-07-2007, 12:45 PM

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Now there's a man who's serious about his text colour.

Anthony Butcher · 19-07-2007, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex McKee

I used to think like that, but in my years of helping other people to do relatively routine stuff, I have found that generally people do not think straight.

I found my Dad putting his email address into the google searchbar while trying to log into Paypal. That's after several years of using the Internet

John Carter · 19-07-2007, 02:23 PM

Actually chaps, when I posted that about the email server I wasn't thinking about Joe Blogs... ...I was thinking about you guys in this thread who're more technically savvy than the general public.

Tony/Alex/Ian/Ant... ...you guys know what you're doing. So why are you letting yourselves get all that spam?

Ian C · 19-07-2007, 03:02 PM

I don't claim to be an expert, but it came last year with disbelief - heard about it but not seen it personally. In hindsight, you might say a good learning curve.

Alex McKee · 19-07-2007, 03:53 PM

Hi John,

I prefer an active role in the anti-spam community, helping to combat the ********.

Although I may set up a mail server one of these days.

Alex

UKIP MAN · 19-07-2007, 05:29 PM

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UKIP MAN's original post edit reason.

Now there's a man who's serious about his text colour.

When I first clicked on the report post I didnt know that it would become a thread????

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19-07-2007, 12:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,616	Not exactly a practical solution. Only people like myself and yourself, who use their computers extensively and with considerable experience are even able to install and manage their own servers with any degree of safety - after all, a misconfigured mail server is an open invitation to spammers to use as a relay.

19-07-2007, 12:38 PM	#22 (permalink)
John Carter Uber Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Sabbatical Posts: 5,110	If an idiot like me can do it, then anyone can.

19-07-2007, 12:42 PM	#23 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,616	I used to think like that, but in my years of helping other people to do relatively routine stuff, I have found that generally people do not think straight. Somewhat related to their inexplicable ability to vote labour or conservative at General Elections whilst hating everything they now stand for.

19-07-2007, 02:23 PM	#27 (permalink)
John Carter Uber Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Sabbatical Posts: 5,110	Actually chaps, when I posted that about the email server I wasn't thinking about Joe Blogs... ...I was thinking about you guys in this thread who're more technically savvy than the general public. Tony/Alex/Ian/Ant... ...you guys know what you're doing. So why are you letting yourselves get all that spam?

19-07-2007, 03:02 PM	#28 (permalink)
Ian C Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 684	I don't claim to be an expert, but it came last year with disbelief - heard about it but not seen it personally. In hindsight, you might say a good learning curve.

19-07-2007, 03:53 PM	#29 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,616	Hi John, I prefer an active role in the anti-spam community, helping to combat the ********. Although I may set up a mail server one of these days. Alex