All a spammer has to do is reply to the confirmation message. TMDA is as effective as it is because most spammers forge their sender address and never accept responses.
If the spammers ARE accepting responses, then you can block their domains or IP's m/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Helmuth Kisting > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TMDA slipping through spam > > > Hiya, > I have been running TMDA succesfully on a system with about > 4000 users since late October. > > Recently, I have noticed spam slipping through. I have also > had a few complaints from some of our customers who say > that they ARE receiving spam. I have verified that this is > so. I have checked my system-wide filter and whitelist and > there's no condition that that allows these e-mail addys. > > The "debug" log coughs up the following: > > > Uncaught Python 2.2.2 Exception (Mon Jan 19 08:54:30 2004): > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/local/tmda/bin/tmda-filter", line 53, in ? > execfile(os.path.join(execdir, 'tmda-rfilter')) > File "/usr/local/tmda/bin/tmda-rfilter", line 890, in ? > main() > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 231, in > _handle_multipart > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 103, in > flatten > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 131, in > _write > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 157, in > _dispatch > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 298, in > _handle_message > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 103, in > flatten > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 131, in > _write > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 157, in > _dispatch > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 298, in > _handle_message > File "./TMDA/pythonlib/email/Message.py", line 189, in > get_payload > TypeError: Expected list, got <type 'str'> > > > > I cannot make much sense out of this. As such, I don't know > if this is causing the problem or if its a seperate > problem. > > Is there anyone who can help me with this, please? > I'm using TMDA 0.84 on top of qmail-1.03, installed on > Solaris 5.8 > My hardware is: > 1024MB RAM > 500Mhz Sparc IIe processor > Help, please anyone? > > > TIA, > Helmuth Kisting > AfricaOnline Namibia > Systems Admin > > ___________________________________________ > Look Good, Feel Good www.healthiest.co.za > > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users > _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
