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RE: JetStream bill for a several thousand dollars

From: Steven Ellis <adsl_at_stevencherie.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:15:33 +1300 (NZDT)
Message-ID: <36167.202.73.200.2.1065748533.squirrel@webmail.stevencherie.homelinux.net>

>> I have been getting 250MBytes of them a day.
>
> Maybe cause you follow a lot of newsgroups and stuff :P
>
> I handle mail for about 25 staff and luckily only get 60MB or so.
> Mostly (90%) attributed to just two recipients..

It all depends on who gets hit. I got sent 300 over 6 hours all from the
same originating IP address. Luckily I bounce my incomming emails off an
NZ local POP server so it doesn't hurt my data allowance.

Things have slowed down to the 10-20 a week now, but this was a huge
initial hit.

Steve

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