Less Spam? W00T!

Latest slew of mail server tweaks, experimenting with SPF records, new spamassisan, and of course the ever popular, not sleeping - has resulted in less spam, it was funny though, previously I was getting ballpark of about 2,000+ pieces of spam a day, now while its not a FORCED thing, the server checks for SPF, not blocks on it, but as part of spam scoring does a SPF check, if a domain has it, it can score mail better if its forged - now vs. 2000+ a day, I got 73. Still not perfect, but a heckuva lot better!

Plans for this week are mixed, Monday night invite to Rosie’s house for some BBQ on ol hallows eve, probably cruise back over here afterwards to candize the local kids (granting the BBQ fun ends) :) - meetings throughout the rest of the week, still a few more emails to catch-up on, some projects to hopefully wrap up, and my hope, my prayer, finalize FH/TN’s site re-builds using Joomla, plus throw in the new support system which includes LiveSupport, and remote access for me to better manage tickets via the Treo, so I can have a life, and not be strapped to a chair, plus the new support system throws in a lot of options for growth in the realm of hiring someone else to come in and pickup the load! So if I can get some of these new things in place, I can almost have a real life :)

But as for me, doing good, tired, sleep is still royaly screwed up, but I have had some good times lately none the less, quality prayer time tonight, some good time in The Word, and some good time hanging out with friends, and catching up with old buddies from high school who are now strange as it may be clients! So busy busy, but good stuff, life is changing, and who knows, this time next year, I may almost be normal! (if that is even possible) :)

Oh one last thing, if your a PDA owner, and came here from old old old links/articles at HappyPalm.com - drop me a comment if your still using any form of PDA/Smartphone - looking for a few writers/contributers, not entirely un-paid position, perks include review goodies (aka free software/hardware) and if you plan to stay on long-term, AdShare of advertising revenue/your own ads attached to your articles.

And now, the last big ‘choice’ of the night, sleep… or gym - but sadly French Toast is all that sounds like a good idea at the moment ;)

Posted on 31 October '05 by Chuck Brown, under General, The Real Me, basic goodness, deep thoughts, work.