On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Daniel Fussell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm in process of refreshing my mail servers from the metal up as we
> speak.  SpamAssassin is still king in my estimation.  I started using
> the full spamhaus xen list in postfix to block spam at connect time, and
> that made a huge difference in my server load, and my average message
> process time went from 23 seconds down to 14 seconds.
>
> I've done most all my training using just my own messages, a
> semi-recycled honeypot that's been around forever (and consequently on
> every spammer's list), and a pristine honeypot.  Spam that is close to
> my user's normal email occasionally gets through (mainly annoying
> consultant's webinar invites).  Ever since using the spamhaus list
> though, I don't get enough spam to my honeypots to keep the training
> data current.  I'm thinking of exempting the honeypots from that check
> as a remedy.
>
> In the last month, I've had a couple hundred snowshoe spams from the .pw
> domains.  After the user finally told me about it, I retrained and most
> are now getting caught.

Great feedback, thanks! I may come back with more questions ;)


Best,
Gabe

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