Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]---- Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > >From time to time over the last year the LUG has been shut down because > >of an overload on my server computers, caused by too much spam. In mid > >October there was a discussion of possible solutions after a particularly > >nasty overload. There was a lot of good advice offered. > > I decided to take the advice offered by Jeff Moore and buy a Barracuda > Networks Spam Firewall. I got it installed about 10 days ago, and it took > a week for all of the required DNS changes to propagate around the world. > So it's been fully operational for 4 or 5 days. > > It's amazing. The box is stopping 90,000 spams per day, and my mailbox is > pretty much free of spam. More relevant to the LUG, the server computer > that runs the LUG is also pretty much free of spam, so it is sailing along > with a load factor of about 0.1 and being very responsive and reliable. > > I've just finished putting away the leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner, > and during the 12 hour interval that I've been away from the computer, I > got less than 5 spams in my mailbox. I think I am going to like this > newfound silence, and I know the servers already like it. > > Brian Reid > LUG Saloon Keeper > > Brian- Thnaks for the good work- we'd be nowhere without you! Glad you > made it thru thanksgiving dinner like most of us. Best, Stasys > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information