Hello Clive, Monday, October 30, 2006, 11:27:09 PM, you wrote:
> I am already using SORBS and I see in the SMTP log that a lot of messages a= > re rejected because of SORBS. But I still get a lot of spam from other ser= > vers that SORBS don't seem to know about. I checked on the SORBS web site = > to see if there is a way to report spammers but I only found information on= > how to be taken off their list.=20=20 I have recently removed SORBS, as they have for some reason taken a disliking in most of Africa, which happens to include South Africa. I have seen way too many false responses from them to still trust them. I have also found that Greylisting is a much better deterrent for about 80% of all spammers. > Surely if we're all forming our private lists of spammers, is there not a w= > ay for us to work collectively and submit the addresses we collect to some = > organisation that we can all use for blocking spam? I have a growing datab= > ase now of spam messages that shows such things as the sending IP address, = > the mail-from address, recipient and subject. I just don't know who I can = > give this to so others can benefit. If we all work collectively, we might = > quickly rid the world of spam. This is exactly what spamassassin already does... There is a filter list for sterns (sp?) and various others, that can be kept up to date easily... -- Best regards, Jorn mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
