Tony Earnshaw wrote: > > l�r, 2002-03-30 kl. 23:38 skrev Trent: > > > Yes, not exactly on topic, but certainly better than being spammed. > > It's pretty easy to add spam blocking to sendmail. Need help? > > A little while ago there were rants about this subject being "off > topic". Well, the spam annoyed me to the extent that I looked for my > solution. > > I now have it. See the log of Netfilter spam below that has been > consigned to the bit-bucket. I don't get Netfilter spam in the Netfilter > folder on my machine any more. However, I'm running Exim 4.02 as smtp > server, not Sendmail. > > www.spamassassin.org . > > Tony
I think that there are three issues with spam on a maillist. - Some people pay per minute/second of connection time. If they have to download gobs of spam, they will not participate in the list. - The archives get full of spam. - by relaying spam, the maillist is participating in the spam problem; in effect, it is operating as an open relay for the spammers, and reaching people that may already have spam blockers in place (like me). So the problem rests with the list management, not with the subscribers. They could use spamassasin like you do, ask to automate subscriptions (like me), or any other effective spam blocker. Ask checks its database; the first time it sees an email address it sends back a verification. This effectively blocks 100% of all spam. --Yan -- Future fighter pilots: Me: Akari, WHAT are you DOING? Akari, age 3: Pushing the envelope. spam killer code kpwq1jkcsEzdx39gnkVvgycd15ayqq (see http://www.paganini.net/ask)
