1. I keep a firm grip on spam.  I use ORDB, RBL and Black holes.  I have a long list of banned IP's known for their spamming.  I use "black balling" on all message subjects and bodies containing phrases which are vigorously used by spamers.  You know what those are.
   
   
2. For the sake of email safety, I strip all except the following files from ALL email... .jpg, .gif, .bmp, mp3, and .zip.  For instance, if an .exe or a .scr or a .bat are sent as an attachment (or otherwise) to your email account, it will be striped from the email and you will only receive the written text.  These files can be very dangerous to your computer... and mine!  If you really need such a file sent, have the sender zip it in a .zip file.   Then you can do your own virus scan on it.  Remember, It will be scanned for viruses here anyway and if one is found, the entire email will be "wiped" and deleted.
    
3. I run 3 separate firewalls with a different level of rules between my server, T1 line and my client computers.  I allow email retrieval only through IP masks.  I allow FTP on users with -rwxrw-rw clearance only through an IP mask.  I run Norton Anti Virus every night.  I update the definitions once a day and I have it set to detect all coming and going traffic at all times.  I have a pretty tight setup.  It's pretty safe.
   
   
4. Please remember, this is not a business and I don't want to be involved in running your business.  This is for fun.  This is light and personal.   I do not allow credit card bots running in the CGI.  If there are "pay pal" payments running back and forth more than the usual personal kind, you will get a nasty letter from your webmaster and might get kicked!  You have been warned!
   
   
5. As webmaster and owner, I can't be responsible for losses, delay or breakdown of the services.  It's a small operation at the moment and there are things that happen.  Just deal.  I do run a tight ship and will do my best to keep things operational.  I have DNS services which backup email on all cornflake.com users.  If the cornflake.com server goes down for any reason, the email is backed up on the DNS server until cornflake.com is up and running again.  The mail is then redelivered.
   
   
6. The server is rebooted once a day usually at 5:00AM Mountain time.  At that point, it is down only about 2 minutes.  There may be other times that I reboot for software or hardware purposes where the servers will be down for a couple of minutes.  If you check your mail or page at that time, you won't get through.  Try again in a few minutes.  If I plan a major downage for hardware changes or service, I will try to let you know at least 12 hours in advance if possible.  If my T1 line goes down for any reason, it is out of my hands.  I will be in the same waiting line as you.  It does happen.