On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:24:13 +1300, you wrote:

>> > I think if they used the data then they should just pay it
>> > and think about changing the way they use the system. If
>> > they dispute the data volume then they should, morally
>> > speaking, get a reduction (if they used less that is).
>>
>> I received 60MB of emails yesterday with the microsoft security patch
>> virus on it. I can only screen for the virii once I receive the mail
>> items and most of the senders are unknown to us due to the way the virus
>> works scouring emails, web and newsgroups for email addresses. I'm glad
>> I'm not running my company on jetstream anymore. There is no way to
>> stop these from coming in. That's 2GB per month if you extrapolate the
>> figures or $12 a day at the 0.20c per MB excess.
>>
>Without sounding bitchy - I am SO happy you got that many. I was beginning
>to think I was going crazy as I have been getting this for about two weeks now.
>
>I am trying to write a .procmailrc file to stop them before I download them
>as I believe that I will blow my 5 Gig cap if I am not careful. I am not getting
>the OR on the .procmailrc file working and I cannot work out why. This is
>complicated by the fact that I cannot edit the file and copy it back because
>my system insists on putting in CRLFs instead of just LFs.
>
>I have been getting 250MBytes of them a day.
>
>
>Chrissy.

Please feel free to correct me, but I understood that those who were
on XTRA received free national traffic if on Jetstarter, how if this
is correct could email from their servers cost you?? Of for that
matter email from any New Zealand servers???

Of course the standard disclaimer, I might be wrong :)

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Cheers for now
Ross Dawson.
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