Donna French wrote: >Sorry for the OT post, but I'm hoping someone has setup a great >filtering system or list of keywords to filter by that won't mind >sharing them. > >We use CrystalTech hosting and the spam filters are working fine, but >the people within the company are driving me nuts asking when they >will see a considerable decrease in spam. Right now, I go thru the >emails and pull out keywords to filter by and add them to the growing >list each day. > >But I still have users getting a couple hundred spam messages per day. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > Keyword spam filtering is becoming more and more ineffective as time goes on. Does CrystalTech have any kind of anti-spam solution that offers hauristic analisys? So... not just a list of keywords but also a set of rules that an engine uses to determine if the message is spam? (Does the reverse DNS for the reply address resolve? etc.) Spamassassin is a good example of a spam-filter that uses a hauristic engine to determine spam. Spamassassin can also be "trained" as to what is spam and what isn't spam. Using CrystalTech, would it be possible for you to install spamassassin?
Another method of attack is using an email client that has junk mail filters built into it. I use Mozilla's Thunderbird email client, which has junk mail filters that, once trained, filter out spam amazingly well. Yet another solution would be to have your email sent through a third-party filtering service. (EG: postini) I've seen this method deployed very successfully at a local community college. Just some thoughts. -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186504 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
