Back To Snail Mail? Are You Kidding?

There was an article on our sister publication Information Week about Symantec's claim that many small businesses are thinking of discontinuing e-mail in an effort to increase productivity.

Their assertion is that SPAM reduces productivity, and by using snail-mail, they will regain those lost dollars. Does "hog wash" answer that assertion?

SPAM is a pain. But so is junk snail mail. Do we move just because we get lots of junk mail? NO! Can we eliminate a large amount of SPAM? Yes! Is it perfect? No! Is life perfect? No! - unless you hang with super models, and even then its not....

I was sitting at my computer playing MATRIX today. No, it wasn't the screen saver, it was my maillog zipping by, at rather a fast speed. Amazingly, or not, 98% of it was SPAM. And what's even nicer, it was all being rejected though my use of SPAM filters developed for Postfix by Security Sage (www.securitysage.com).

I've been able to decrease my SPAM about 90%. If I installed all the filters, I'd probably increase it to about 98%, but I'm a little lazy. Have I had some valid e-mails get rejected? I'm sure, but hey, life isn't perfect (even for super models).In another blog I'll talk about Postfix. A very interesting e-mail program. I'll also talk about Exchange, a very troublesome program as well.