Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/04/07 13:45

phill.luckhurst@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 4 Dec, 12:21, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:16:59 +0100, phill.luckhu...@googlemail.com
>>
>> <phill.luckhu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> The problem is that I'm on shared hosting so I'm not sure how they
>>> world work hence the challenge response thought.
>> Any descent shared hoster offers some sort of spamfiltering. Possibly you
>> have to create your own mail-rules locally for dropping certain mails
>> above some score if their default doesn't suit you. SpamAssasin is widely
>> spread, I've seen Baracuda a lot too.
>> --
>> Rik Wasmus
>
> Lycos offers none at all. Unfortunately I am tied into them for
> another year.
>

Only if you choose to be. If it's such a hassle, just absorb the cost
and walk away. Find another hosting company who will provide what you
want and move.

> My only other option would be to switch to a virtual server but as
> I've never set up one before I'm very reluctant to do so.
>

It's a lot more control, but a lot more work, also. And more expensive
than switching to a shared host will provide you with what you want.

> I really do not want to go down the challenge response route after
> looking into it.
>



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