Previous posts indicate that the list owner, gnu.org. does not believe in filtering. Not sure what their stand on open relays is, but they will not filter or block email.
I don't like blocking entire domains either, so I came up with a solution that only blocks Asian language email. It uses the Subject: and Content-Type: headers to isolate the character set and blocks the most common Asian types. This is a postfix header_check file. You'll need to adapt it to your client or mailer as needed. # header checks to kill Asian language spam /^Subject:.*=\?big5\?/ REJECT /^Content-Type:.*charset=.*big5/ REJECT /^Subject:.*=\?euc-kr\?/ REJECT /^Content-Type:.*charset=.*euc-kr/ REJECT /^Subject:.*=\?gb2312\?/ REJECT /^Content-Type:.*charset=.*gb2312/ REJECT /^Subject:.*=\?iso-.*-jp\?/ REJECT /^Content-Type:.*charset=.*iso-.*-jp/ REJECT /^Subject:.*=\?koi8\?/ REJECT /^Content-Type:.*charset=.*koi8-r/ REJECT /^Subject:.*=\?ks_c_5601-1987\?/ REJECT /^Content-Type:.*charset=.*ks_c_5601-1987/ REJECT This is only a start, but its shown good sucess for getting rid of the gibberish without nuking anything you might want. ...Thanks, ...Kenneth Ryan Speed wrote: > > It seems to be a trend lately, I'm on a few lists that get spammed with > this bullshit. I think the best bet would be to disallow mail from > people who aren't subscribed to the list. > > ryan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Behalf Of Eric Siegerman > > Sent: March 19, 2002 10:38 AM > > To: cvsInfo > > Subject: Re: english text only? > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 07:15:12PM +0100, Leif Hanack wrote: > > > i'm new to this mailing-list and i'm wondering myself why i receive > > > mails with strange characters in it. i guess it is japanese > > or stuff > > > like that. > > > > It's spam. The rest of us don't want it either! > > > > > nevertheless, how can i get rid of it? > > > > I wish I knew... > > > > -- > > > > | | /\ > > |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | | / > > "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! > > I'll ask about Exchange Server next. > > - Anonymous > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Info-cvs mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs > > > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
