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| Posted: Wed Sep 16th, 2009 01:23 am |
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Jim I work here 
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I will be adding a firewall program soon to server 7 (the new one) in an attempt to stop mail attacks that are relatively common and have been happening all along. It is the next step in ultimate security without compromising performance. If it works as well as I think it will I'll add it to #6 also which is default for all new accounts. There will be no downtime during this. Jim
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22nd, 2009 11:15 am |
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bigmac License Holder 
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Hi Jim What are these mail attacks,are they attempts to hack into existing forums hosted by UltraBB? Thanks bm.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22nd, 2009 11:36 am |
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Jim I work here
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No, just an attempt for someone to make money by sending thousands of fake mails to unsuspecting random people. Spam works and makes them money, somewhere someone actually clicks on these e-mails and sends a couple hundred to a bank in Uganda in the rich relative will deposit the money they promised. Or confirm their paypal account Or enter their bank info to "unrestrict" their account Or sent 20 bucks to receive $200 in Viagra People really click on those. Probably 1 in every 10000 but hundreds of thousands of mails can be sent daily on unsuspecting servers. We are firewalled now. I make adjustments daily and track the results. So far there have been no problems but I'm taking no chances... our reputation is all we have in this company and I like the feedback 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22nd, 2009 12:20 pm |
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bigmac License Holder
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Thanks Jim, thats good to know. I often receive these Uganda offers of send me money so i can transfer lots of money back to you. bm.
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