Well, I finally broke down and activated SpamAssassin. I had been using filters but the filters got so large they began causing problems with file attachments. Not even the support people can figure that one out but it became a big problem.
Apparently somehow some of my email addresses on some of my sites have been discovered by spammers. Or it may just be that the spammers hit my sites in a rotation of an automated program.
Whatever the case the porn, gambling, and pharmaceutical ads have been jamming my inbox the last couple months.
I began just sorting them out. It took a little extra time but the more I sorted them out the more they increased. I found myself spending a good chunk of my time sorting through all these emails.
Their constant pounding on my brain began taking it’s toll as well. I mean you can only see so many pornographic subject lines before that stuff starts claiming territory in your thoughts. Something HAD to be done.
After arguing with tech support off and on for nearly 3 weeks I finally broke down and installed SpamAssassin. It’s the best tool available to sort through the spam hitting my sites. I’m not real clear on how it works but it shouldn’t block any legitimate email sent to my sites.
If you haven’t activated SpamAssassin on your sites just go to your cPanel and hopefully it’s in the mail section. Be sure to enable SpamAssassin and enable the Spam Box as well.