Sam, Can you share this list as I would love to make mine even better @ filtering.
Regards, Ronnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Clippinger" <[email protected]> To: "spamdyke users" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [spamdyke-users] Spam Stats >I think you're misunderstanding the keywords feature. spamdyke does not > examine message content, so it cannot stop messages that contain > "Viagra" or any other specific words. > > When spamdyke searches for keywords, it looks for those keywords in the > remote server's rDNS name. The purpose of the feature is to block > messages from infected PCs on home cable modems. Most cable providers > use a predictable naming scheme for their rDNS names, such as > "11-22-33-44.dynamic.example.com". If spamdyke finds a configured > keyword AND the IP address in the rDNS name, it will block the > connection. That's all. > > On my server, 30%-50% of all connections are blocked by this filter > every day. I use a short list of simple keywords like "dynamic", > "cable", etc to great effect. > > -- Sam Clippinger > > Christoph Kuhle (Expat Email Ltd) wrote: >> It appears as if the blacklist_keywords can capture a lot of Spam. So >> far >> we have nothing in that file. We are worried about the refusal of emails >> which may be genuine. So while we might want to blacklist Viagra, we >> would >> not want to blacklist an email from a medical person, for example, which >> might refer to Viagra (I'm not even sure that this email will make it to >> the >> list having mentioned that word!). >> >> Do people have tried and tested contents of that file which they can >> advise >> on to prevent false positives - because we only show about 50-60% spam >> being >> caught. I think that is partly because we also have ASL installed which >> blocks lots before it even gets to the mail queue. If we can use the >> blacklist_keywords effectively, we would love to and look forward to any >> suggestions from seasoned users. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Christoph >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mirko Buffoni >> Sent: 01 September 2009 14:27 >> To: spamdyke users >> Subject: Re: [spamdyke-users] Spam Stats >> >> Goods average between 500 and 2000 daily. Figures are however >> pretty standard. Spamdyke filters out about 60k attempts daily. >> Here are yesterday stats: >> >> Good : 1025 = 0.68 % >> Unsure : 183 = 0.12 % >> Virus : 62 = 0.04 % >> BAD Sender: 5114 = 3.40 % >> BAD Rcpt : 212 = 0.14 % >> Pure SPAM : 45997 = 30.56 % >> SPAMMER : 97940 = 65.06 % >> | >> \.............BLACKLISTED_KEYWORD : 29608 = 30.23 % >> \..............DENIED_EARLYTALKER : 3 = 0.00 % >> \...............DENIED_IP_IN_RDNS : 30447 = 31.09 % >> \................DENIED_RBL_MATCH : 23268 = 23.76 % >> \.............DENIED_SENDER_NO_MX : 13070 = 13.34 % >> \......DENIED_TOO_MANY_RECIPIENTS : 1 = 0.00 % >> \....DENIED_UNQUALIFIED_RECIPIENT : 1 = 0.00 % >> \.........................TIMEOUT : 1542 = 1.57 % >> >> ------------------------------ >> Total : 150533 = 100.00 % >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> spamdyke-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users >> > _______________________________________________ > spamdyke-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users > _______________________________________________ spamdyke-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users
