I believe ordb.org also has an experimental non-open-relay blacklist. Since you have broadband, operating your own mail server is definitely a good thing to do (IF you have the time to learn the details). I'm also a happy Postfix user.
You don't even have to buy a domain -- dhs.org has them for free. -- Rod http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ On Tuesday 05 February 2002 01:51 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hi john, > > there's not much you can do once the mail is delivered to your > mailbox. > > that means if mail is going to someone else's server, you either > need them to cooperate with proactive methods or you need to filter > spam passively and complain retroactively. > > since most of my mail comes to dirac.org, i deny access to the smtp > port by anyone sending mail from a known open relay using ordb. if > your mail goes to someone's server, this may not be an option for > you; you'll have to ask them and hope they're not spam friendly. > > in addition, when spam comes from a non open relay, i drop the > sending IP address into /etc/hosts.deny so they get exactly one > chance and one chance only to spam me (and i fire off a complaint to > spamcop to boot). again, if your mail is going to someone else's > server, this may not be an option for you since you're prolly > getting email via imap or pop. > > although the answer really depends on how you get your mail, it's > pretty safe to say that if you use imap/pop/.forward, your only > option is to filter spam based on content and sending location. > note the word filter. meaning, as far as the spammer is concerned, > his email got through and the spamming attempt was successful. you > don't see the spam (if it gets filtered by your procmail rules), but > he/she doesn't know it. this is what i mean by "passive spam > control". > > my suggestion is this: > > get an account on someone's machine that is spam unfriendly. let > them take care of the details like implementing ordb/orbz and > hosts.deny filtering (there are a few options here, like postfix's > spam filtering which is functionally equivalent of me dropping IP's > into hosts.deny). > > buy a domain and have your email sent to your broadband enabled > system directly. this gives you direct control over who gets to use > your smtp server > > otherwise, you're pretty much relegated to after-the-fact filtering. > > pete > > ps- most of my spam these days are coming from asia (russia, china, > hong kong, korea, etc) and east europe. in particular, hinet.net, > netvigator.com and ethome.com are the worst offenders. i can safely > say that these ISP's (which seem to be major players in the asian > ISP market) are downright spam friendly. my complaints are > completely ignore. i would say they're responsible for about 30% of > the spam that i get these days. > > cc'd to vox-tech. > > begin John C. Alden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > My DCN address is getting pummeled more & more with spam. Now it's > > about 75% of all the mail I receive. Don't know where they're > > getting it, but I'm getting TIRED of it, (those steenkin' > > bastards). > > > > What techniques and/or tools do you use for spammers not using a > > major service (aohell, earthlink, msn) that has an abuse@ address? > > > > I even got one spam with subject: UCE: E-mail Advertising Services > > "We are offering legal, ethical direct bulk e-mail services. This > > is for companies who want to send out at least 1 million messages > > per month." > > > > Jeez. A million spams a month. Can't tell if they were nicely > > attempting to comply with some law (adding "UCE:" prefix), or if > > they were trying to be cute. Or simply stupid. > > > > Anyway, any help would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
