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Re: random usernames in attempts to break in to my machine?



On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 09:28:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Too late. Note the part about POP3. The upstream MTA is Pobox or
> > Gandi. They have already completed the SMTP transaction with the sender.
> > Any anti-spam efforts involving SMTP termination are in their hands.
> 
> tomas writes:
> > That's why I run my own MTA :)
> 
> I did that for many years.  Got to be way too much work.  Gandi and
> Pobox do an excellent job for me.  I see no spam that could reasonably
> have been stopped at SMTP time and they never bounce any legit mail so
> far as I can tell.  I have their spam and "virus" filters turned off, of
> course.

Yes, some providers would get my "trusted" badge. Don't know much about
those two, though. Good you're happy with them.

Cheers
-- 
t

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