I have to agree. I notice most of the spam that hits my server is from Korea, China, Brazil (and to some extent Russia as well) as far as "originating" from foreign addresses. Comcast is was such a pain that I have complete blocked any email that originated from a comcast address. I have advised my users that if they want to get an email from someone they know who is a comcast user that they have them send email from another account.
It is amazaing what the catch all account and spam folders that fill up with the trash that comes in.
Part of the fire that fuels the spam problem is most users ability to understand that they add to the problem. For instance, my mother-in-law has an account on my server. Once a week I have to clean approximately 20MB of spam out of her spam folder on the server. She has this nasty habit of signing up for anythng and everything she sees online. No matter how many times I explain that "offers" she sees in a pop up ad aren't really offers at all and that everyone under the sun doesn't need her email address, she still sumbits away. She is also notoriously bad about going to sites that advertise "Email this link" or "Email this page" to a friend. Every time she does this, I can count on at least a surge in spam every time she does this by about 10 to 15 emails a day.
There needs to be a level of eduction out there for the end user to understand how they contribute to this problem. System administrators can only do so much. Anti-spam measures may be in place, but when the demand for producing such spam is high because of irresponsible use and lack of understanding of how the internet functions in how spam mail is produced, the job is always going to be difficult to keep on top of.
As a sysadmin who is tired of the user complaining about system administrators, etc aren't doing enough to block or combat spam, I say there needs to be a little bit of action and change on how a user approaches and uses the internet. I think it's everyone's responsibility.
I recently installed Fedora in a dual boot setup without problems. However, I have two separate hard drives. One with Windows XP and another with Fedora.
My experience with dual boot setups is that most distros are generally a pain working from one hard drive. Best bet is to go with just two separate hard drives and be done with it.
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I have to agree. I notice most of the spam that hits my server is from Korea, China, Brazil (and to some extent Russia as well) as far as "originating" from foreign addresses. Comcast is was such a pain that I have complete blocked any email that originated from a comcast address. I have advised my users that if they want to get an email from someone they know who is a comcast user that they have them send email from another account.
It is amazaing what the catch all account and spam folders that fill up with the trash that comes in.
Part of the fire that fuels the spam problem is most users ability to understand that they add to the problem. For instance, my mother-in-law has an account on my server. Once a week I have to clean approximately 20MB of spam out of her spam folder on the server. She has this nasty habit of signing up for anythng and everything she sees online. No matter how many times I explain that "offers" she sees in a pop up ad aren't really offers at all and that everyone under the sun doesn't need her email address, she still sumbits away. She is also notoriously bad about going to sites that advertise "Email this link" or "Email this page" to a friend. Every time she does this, I can count on at least a surge in spam every time she does this by about 10 to 15 emails a day.
There needs to be a level of eduction out there for the end user to understand how they contribute to this problem. System administrators can only do so much. Anti-spam measures may be in place, but when the demand for producing such spam is high because of irresponsible use and lack of understanding of how the internet functions in how spam mail is produced, the job is always going to be difficult to keep on top of.
As a sysadmin who is tired of the user complaining about system administrators, etc aren't doing enough to block or combat spam, I say there needs to be a little bit of action and change on how a user approaches and uses the internet. I think it's everyone's responsibility.
I recently installed Fedora in a dual boot setup without problems. However, I have two separate hard drives. One with Windows XP and another with Fedora.
My experience with dual boot setups is that most distros are generally a pain working from one hard drive. Best bet is to go with just two separate hard drives and be done with it.