Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-05 Thread michael
James Sparenberg said: Sounds like he might be using the Open BSD package called spamd. Here is the man page http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=spamd James Cool! Thanks for that link! -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 01:08, lorne wrote: On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:16 pm, rikona wrote: Hello lorne, Thursday, October 2, 2003, 7:50:00 PM, you wrote: l A friend of mine has set up a tar pit type system. When he gets a l message identified as spam, he holds them open and

Re[2]: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-03 Thread rikona
Hello lorne, Thursday, October 2, 2003, 7:50:00 PM, you wrote: l A friend of mine has set up a tar pit type system. When he gets a l message identified as spam, he holds them open and responds one l character at a time telling them to do things to themselves and l after 15 minutes it finally

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-03 Thread lorne
On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:16 pm, rikona wrote: Hello lorne, Thursday, October 2, 2003, 7:50:00 PM, you wrote: l A friend of mine has set up a tar pit type system. When he gets a l message identified as spam, he holds them open and responds one l character at a time telling them to do

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-03 Thread Ray Warren
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:24:27PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Warren said: If you want to use procmail globally you need to put procmailrc in /etc.It will run as root so there are security issues.You can still use a .procmail in each users home directory for personal

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-03 Thread michael
Ray Warren said: What kind of security issues? Sorry that is a little vague,I don't know of any specific exploits but Procmail can run any arbitrary shell 0r Perl script which will default to the privileges procmail has.So if you are running procmail as root,by default you give root

[expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
Hey all, I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain certain email addresses or domains which upon receipt, would bounce right back to them with a custom message. I want it on the server because

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain certain email addresses or domains which upon receipt, would bounce right back

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread Ray Warren
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 11:30:50AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain certain email addresses or domains which upon receipt, would bounce

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
Ray Warren said: If you want to use procmail globally you need to put procmailrc in /etc.It will run as root so there are security issues.You can still use a .procmail in each users home directory for personal customization. What kind of security issues? IMHO most spam has bogus headers,

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread ed tharp
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 14:48, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain certain email addresses or

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. If you just want to stop spam and other undesirable junk, I find postfix does an admirable job. For those obstinate sites that won't quit, they get blocked

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:18:14 -0400 Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My postfix is setup to report delivery failures -- because that's the way I prefer it; but lately, even those have dropped to none in the past 48 hours or so... even the Mdk list server that was causing me (you too?)

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:48, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain certain email addresses or

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 15:31, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:18:14 -0400 Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My postfix is setup to report delivery failures -- because that's the way I prefer it; but lately, even those have dropped to none in the past 48 hours or so...

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:27:48 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the things I hate about spam assassin, and other anti viral software is that they send me an e-mail every time some idget with my e-mail address in outlook starts spawning the latest virus. I think its wrong

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread lorne
On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:48 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain certain email

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
Pierre Fortin said: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. If you just want to stop spam and other undesirable junk, I find postfix does an admirable job. For those obstinate sites that won't

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
James Sparenberg said: Actually bouncing back to the spammer rarely if ever affects the spammer. The reply to address and the from addresses either don't exist or if they do are for someone who is totally without a clue as to what is happening. (Not stupid cluelessness, but totally out of

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
James Sparenberg said: On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 15:31, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 18:18:14 -0400 Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My postfix is setup to report delivery failures -- because that's the way I prefer it; but lately, even those have dropped to none in the

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
Nigel Wilkinson said: On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:27:48 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the things I hate about spam assassin, and other anti viral software is that they send me an e-mail every time some idget with my e-mail address in outlook starts spawning the latest

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
lorne said: On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:48 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able to setup a black list which would reside on the server and contain

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread michael
ed tharp said: well he said he had too much coffee,,, see what caffeine does to you??? -- :^) -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread Jack Coates
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 16:29, James Sparenberg wrote: ... grief is finally quiet. I too have noticed a dramatic drop in SPAM over the last couple of days. Its dropped from about 35 per day to none. I'm not complaining but I am corious as to why?? Nigel If we are lucky

Re: [expert] setup email bounce

2003-10-02 Thread lorne
On Thursday 02 October 2003 08:25 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lorne said: On Thursday 02 October 2003 11:48 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:30:50 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I want to be able to setup an email 'bounce' from my server. I want to be able