On Fri, 10 May 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> > Hallo Davide, > > Am 2002-05-10 um 18:08 schriebst du: > > > > On Fri, 10 May 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > > >> > >> Hallo Davide, > >> > >> Am 2002-05-08 um 00:00 schriebst du: > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > >> > >> >> > >> >> Hallo Davide, > >> >> > >> >> Am 2002-05-06 um 22:42 schriebst du: > >> >> > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >> I have a blacklist with about 60000 lines. > >> >> > >> >> >> It seems XMail handles this (well at least some mails > >> >> >> are getting through;). > >> >> > >> >> >> But I wonder if there is a limit of size when it will > >> >> >> break XMail. Or is it just limited by the amount of RAM > >> >> >> I use? > >> >> > >> >> > which file exactly do you mean ? > >> >> > >> >> spam-address.tab > >> > >> > 60000 entries ??!?? just for curiosity, how did you fill the list ? > >> > >> It is a public list available. > >> I'm using rsync to do an update on a regular basis (every hour) > >> and add the several addresses I collected myself (about 2500) all > >> is done by a little Perl script which I run from a scheduler. > >> > >> Common infos: > >> http://basic.wirehub.nl/spamstats.html > >> > >> Lists: > >> http://basic.wirehub.nl/spamlist.txt > >> http://basic.wirehub.nl/spamlist-extended.txt > >> > >> Infos how to fetch (with rsync is best): > >> http://basic.wirehub.nl/spamlist-usage.html > >> > >> I use it as filter file for XMail, for Ecartis and for my local > >> news server. The amount of SPAM is 10 instead of 100 a day now. > > > I see, but it's not absolutely an effective way to stop spam. Forging the > > MAIL_FROM SMTP command is the 101 of spamming rules. You better use the > > relay blacklist. It's faster, more effective and you do not have to > > maintain/sync it. > > I use the relay blacklist as well. But it doesn't work with mails > submitted via not listed SMTP relays. Since the usernames are used > quite often (like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and so) it is an effective way to > block those idiots from wherever they connect to internet or relay > their mails. > > In addition it is not much work, the scheduler runs the script every > hour and the list is updated automagically. I just every Spam address > that makes it through the filter to avoid future Spams with the same > >From address;) (Probably 10 minutes a day of my time). > > Well, I wrote about half an hour for the Perl script to fill the > several lists, unfortunately they all use different syntax: > > XMail: > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Ecartis: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] did you try the check mailer domain option ? anyway, that file does not born to be a huge file and hence it can slow down a bit if you have huge traffic. - Davide - 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]
