Re: Solution to "pathetic email complaints"
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 08:38:13PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 20 Aug 2019 at 14:43:08 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote:
>
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> >
> > In some cases I block complete regions (geoip blocking). This
> > obviously works only for "local" mailservers.
> > But if you business doesn't have international clients, dropping
> > ru, tw, hk, br lowers the traffic by 80%.
>
> You are entitled to *receive* whatever mail you want. But geoip
> blocking? This is the antithesis of communication. "I plug my
> ears if the someone from Russia or Hong Kong wants to talk with
> me". It's relatively easy to do; I hope you do not expect a pat
> on the back.
Please ease up! I do not advocate this in general and I made
the limited use very clear. If a local plumber with 5 employees
uses this just for his business no freedom of speech or anti
communication threads are at stake.
You could probably block also 90% of the US and it would still
work as expected.
I educated them about limitations.
-H
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Henning Follmann | hfollmann@itcfollmann.com
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