>My inbox has become increasingly infested with spam - up to 30 a day now - >so I've been writing a small app in CF to help control it. Basically, the >robot logs into my current spam-infested inbox and checks each email against >a "trusted addresses" table in my db - if the email is from a trusted >source, it's sent to another "clean" POP. If it's potentially spam, a >message is sent to the sender and the email is quarantined in the db - if >that sender is a real person, they'll click on a link which will validate >their email address, add it to my "trusted addressbook" and deliver their >email to my clean POP. > >It works well, but it's annoying having to have another POP - can anyone >think of a better way of doing it?
google for TMDA, tagged message deliver agent. a lot of ISP's have successfully set up IMGate, in my sig, to reduce spam and abuse by 90%, for free. TMDA would kill the last 10%. Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
