RE: [cobalt-users] Spam blocking

["Tom Cameron" <tomcameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

=> So do not blindly add RBLs to your servers unless you know what you are
=> doing.

I agree with this too. My practice is to not block the spam but to deliver
it with an adjusted subject line so that the client can filter out the spam
at their end. This does not reduce my server load but it does help the
client. I'm using SpamAssassin for this.

The main reason I do this is for legal reasons. As a hosting company I have
a duty to my customers to deliver their mail. While I don't make any silly
100% guarantees, I do consider this a duty I must aim to fulfil. If I were
to decide what mail a client gets or does not get then I could be breaching
my responsibilities and potentially subject to litigation. It would be like
US Post opening up all your mail and deciding which ones you want to get -
naturally you would be pretty pissed if that happened.

Tom