700MB of unread email
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:56 pm
I had almost 700MB of space being used up on new mail (that I was not aware of) on my 2GB account! I've been deleting 1,998 messages at a time over the past several days dating back to the middle of last year.
So I have a few questions in regards to how email works server to server.
1.) If I get the IP addresses from where these emails originate can I block those IP's in Apache's .htaccess file or will that merely prevent those IP's from viewing my website (which wouldn't block the incoming spam?)
2.) Is there a reasonably quick way to suck out all of the IP addresses of origin if I mass download say a few days of this stuff to help reduce incoming spam?
3.) Can I turn off the hose of incoming email with some switch in Apache or cPanel if I wanted to?
I stopped using HiveMail because it was no longer being supported and it required an excessive amount of time to maintain. I really don't have a reason to have the mail menu on my website right now. Any suggestions for free/decent PHP/MySQL mail script with good template support?
So I have a few questions in regards to how email works server to server.
1.) If I get the IP addresses from where these emails originate can I block those IP's in Apache's .htaccess file or will that merely prevent those IP's from viewing my website (which wouldn't block the incoming spam?)
2.) Is there a reasonably quick way to suck out all of the IP addresses of origin if I mass download say a few days of this stuff to help reduce incoming spam?
3.) Can I turn off the hose of incoming email with some switch in Apache or cPanel if I wanted to?
I stopped using HiveMail because it was no longer being supported and it required an excessive amount of time to maintain. I really don't have a reason to have the mail menu on my website right now. Any suggestions for free/decent PHP/MySQL mail script with good template support?