So far, 25% of spam emails have gotten through. I redirected an all spam eamil address to my new gmail account, and of 100% spam, 25% got through their filter.

589 caught
143 slipped though

This was over the course of 2 weeks.

I’m going with an open-exchange server on https and spam assassin with exim.

Yahoo’s isn’t much better either probably, although I haven’t tested it yet.

I was explaining to a friend of mine tonight why I like Linux and open source. But how I still need to have a Windows XP box around for those last few things that I haven’t been able to do on Linux yet.

1) Rip & Burn DVDs (nero + dvdshrink)
2) Banking (quicken)
3) manage my iPod (iTunes)

Not to say you shouldn’t install Linux (give Gnoppix a try, it doesn’t require you to do anything except boot up a cd, it loads everything into memory. WOn’t install anything to your harddrive).

Reasons I love linux:

1) command line - ($cat access_log | grep -E ‘foo|bar’ | less) - DOS sucks
2) ssh from anywhere (shell in, with XP you need Remote Desktop, which is blocked my company and also requires a high speed connection).
3) Excellent file server (samba), web server (apache)
4) Totally free, including all the software you will use (GPL, etc.)

Ever gotten an email from eBay, PayPal, or your Bank that says “Login here to update your information”??? Well, do yourself a favor. DON’T!!!

Install the anti-phishing netcraft toolbar instead!

It lets you report phishing scam sites, helps you track the owner down, and also will stop you from visiting a phishing scam web site.