Spam Block .ru - Page 2

techuser · 09-21-2011, 11:32 AM

The Wiki for the File overrides section made it seem that this will exempt any file that is added to this section.

It would be helpful in a future upgrade, to have a GUI driven option to ...

1. Block All SPAM from a certain countries. (check boxed with countries)
2. Global File Protection for certain files when doing upgrades, and then if an upgrade needs to overwrite those certain files it will prompt the user to inform them that the file will need to be upgraded.

dmorris · 09-21-2011, 12:45 PM

#1 has been discussed extensively and it won't be added because it actually *lowers* spam performance. You are free to do it with hacks though, knock yourself out.

techuser · 09-21-2011, 01:33 PM

It may lower performance, but wouldn't that be up to the user to check or uncheck that box to exclude certain countries. I mean there are a lot of things on Untangle already that can lower performance through the GUI.

dmorris · 09-21-2011, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techuser

It may lower performance, but wouldn't that be up to the user to check or uncheck that box to exclude certain countries. I mean there are a lot of things on Untangle already that can lower performance through the GUI.

Yep, and in hindsight we wouldn't add some of the features that we have added if given the choice again. It turns out that if you add settings to the GUI people change them.

techuser · 09-21-2011, 01:40 PM

Yeah, you can't prevent users from themselves. What about adding a message box that would display if turning on a feature, or a Warning about the feature indicating this could significantly impact performance, or something to that effect.

I can easily see government entities and businesses that would want to block a certain country.

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dmorris Untangle Junkie Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Mateo, CA URLs submitted: 10 Posts: 10,612	#1 has been discussed extensively and it won't be added because it actually lowers spam performance. You are free to do it with hacks though, knock yourself out. __________________ Attention: Support and help on the Untangle Forums is provided by volunteers and community members like yourself. If you need Untangle support please call or email support@untangle.com

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09-21-2011, 11:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
techuser Untangler Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 65	The Wiki for the File overrides section made it seem that this will exempt any file that is added to this section. It would be helpful in a future upgrade, to have a GUI driven option to ... 1. Block All SPAM from a certain countries. (check boxed with countries) 2. Global File Protection for certain files when doing upgrades, and then if an upgrade needs to overwrite those certain files it will prompt the user to inform them that the file will need to be upgraded.

09-21-2011, 01:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
techuser Untangler Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 65	It may lower performance, but wouldn't that be up to the user to check or uncheck that box to exclude certain countries. I mean there are a lot of things on Untangle already that can lower performance through the GUI.

09-21-2011, 01:40 PM	#15 (permalink)
techuser Untangler Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 65	Yeah, you can't prevent users from themselves. What about adding a message box that would display if turning on a feature, or a Warning about the feature indicating this could significantly impact performance, or something to that effect. I can easily see government entities and businesses that would want to block a certain country.