On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 14:19 -0400, Elaine Ashton wrote:
> > Yes, my example was a bit extreme.  I was merely trying to make the
> > point that SPAM filtering (regardless of whether the destination is an
> > individual or a list of individuals, it makes no difference) can be  
> > done
> > using heuristics other than white lists.
> 
> Filtering spam is likely one of the better points of the software we  
> have on hand as between the postfix rbls and the spamassassin rule  
> sets, we punt about 60-95% of all mail coming at the system on any  
> given day. The thing is that user/subscriber/whitelist management  
> across 300+ lists is not something simply done in the current model  
> and wildcards leave holes the size of small countries through which  
> anyone with sendmail and a little, a very little, knowledge could  
> drive anything they wanted through. I'd be happy to demonstrate this  
> for anyone who doubts how easily mail can be spoofed.

Ah, that's the part I didn't understand.  I didn't realize that you
already use postfix/spamassassin, and that was still not adequate.
Thanks for explaining.

-Seb


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