John McLear » shutting http://mclear.co.uk My mission: To encourage effective use of ICT in Schools. My main focus is on ages 3-11. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:22:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://primaryblogger.co.uk/?v=3.3.1 Yikes, shocking SORBS announcement and alternatives to SORBS http://mclear.co.uk/2009/06/22/yikes-shocking-sorbs-announcement-and-alternatives-to-sorbs/ http://mclear.co.uk/2009/06/22/yikes-shocking-sorbs-announcement-and-alternatives-to-sorbs/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:31:00 +0000 Admin Admin http://mclear.primaryblogger.co.uk/2009/06/22/yikes-shocking-sorbs-announcement-and-alternatives-to-sorbs/ Due to this announcement:
“It comes with great sadness that I have to announce the imminent closure of SORBS. The University of Queensland have decided not to honor their agreement with myself and SORBS and terminate the hosting contract. “
– Source http://www.us.sorbs.net/ – 23 June 2009
The whole spamassassin/postfix open source mail filtering community is in a bit of a flap and has been left staggered and slightly bewildered that such a fundamental part of the fight against spam is being dropped.
This has led to the question of what is next? what is an alternative if SORBS doesn’t find a new home.
Here are some alternatives that you may wish to consider:

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