--On 11 August 2006 19:38:34 -0700 Jeff Schnitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brad Knowles wrote: >> Okay, now that's different. This actually clicks in very well with >> the recent article I wrote on fighting spam for publication on the >> LOPSA website, because backscatter has become one of my biggest hot >> buttons lately. Putting an intelligent limiter on the potential >> causes of backscatter (like no more than one notice per recipient per >> day, or whatever), brings it down into the realm of what I would >> consider to be less than ideal but at least below the threshold of >> "totally unacceptable". > > Ok, I just checked this 5-minute fix into SubEtha. Happier, Ian? > > Jeff Yes, that's great! I'd guess that this is 90-99% improvement. In fact, I'd probably use that feature for my local domain (sussex.ac.uk), which is virtually spam free because I only accept from that domain if it's been authenticated, or locally submitted, or has a header that was added by our MSA servers. In fact, the only spam I get into my "local" mailbox is Mailman moderation requests. I'd still want to reject at SMTP time for non-local domains, though. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
