On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 08:06, Rasjid Wilcox wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:12 pm, Tom Carroll wrote: > <snip> > > Since creating, and perfecting my spam rules in my SME 5.1.2 > > smptd_check_rules file I have eliminated the acceptance of 99% of the > > spam that tries to enter my system, while the 1% that does come through > > has all the information I need to get them booted off their account. I > > have also completely blocked all domains that do not end in .com, .net, > > .org, .gov, and .mil. I found that over seas domains and the popular > > two letter suffix domains lend themselves to spammers and make it > > difficult to shut down the scum-bags. > > While it is certainly true that certain countries have a significant number of > ISPs that happily allow spammers to send spam, I must say that I find a > blanket rule that blocks mail from most of the world to be a little > excessive. Also, I live in Australia and use an Australian ISP, but I have a > .net domain name, so I'm not sure what that gains you. Unless you mean that > you block all IP address that don't resolve back to one of the specified top > level domains.
Well put, Rasjid. My domain is ws (Western Samoa) administered by the US. Over 50% of the spam I get is from com, net, org, etc., particularly netscape.net, hotmail.com, aol.com. I have noticed that when I post to this list I get about 4 or 5 replies that tell me my message can't be delivered due to my domain name. It fills my mailbox with useless junk ;-) Regards, John Cusick -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
