Hello IMS User, Sunday, February 29, 2004, 2:39:15 AM, you wrote:
> Is the new version of SMTPRCV generally available, or is it in a private > beta test? After another 240 messages that had to be checked in the spam filter this morning, it occurred to me that most spam has one thing in common: A SINGLE Received: line. The one added by your SMTPSRCV.... This because spammers need to send their spam DIRECT TO YOU from their dial-up/cable connection to prevent detection of their activity by their ISP (by passing their spam through the ISPs SMTP server). Have a look. I suggest over 90% of spam is in this category. I believe we would be able to block this type of spam readily if SMTPSRCV could/would: 1. returns a 550 error, user unknown, or some such where no second Received: line is encountered. 2. and/or adds the originating IP address to a timed black list so as to reduce the load on our servers by simply not even talking to the spammer again (for some (configurable) time at least). What do you say Klint? Is this achievable? I look forward to the comments from Klint and the list. -- Best regards, Clemens Vermeulen for Spam and Virus Filtered E-mail Alternative News Network Cairns tropical north Queensland Australia This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
