Nick Read on 20 Jan 2005 10:27:39 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Spam Elimination


I use a third party company that kill all spam and
viruses from touching our infrustructure. Messagelabs
do a fine job! Albiet at a cost per mail sent/recieved
the amount of traffic reduction and users resources
with not having to delete and maintain there mailbox
make it worth while. 
--- Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> wrote:

> I am curious what methods others are using to fight
> spam? I have been
> using SpamAssassin for a few years and I got tired
> of actually accepting
> this junk rather then rejecting it. I recently set
> up spam filtering rules
> in sendmail - access.db using spamlist.org, also my
> own local additions
> and also dnsbl's - abuseat.org and relays.orbs.org
> and some custom rules I
> found to enhance access.db lookup.
> 
> So far I have eliminated (rejected) about 95% of the
> spam. It is nice to
> watch (less -f /var/log/mail) and see the rejects go
> by!
> 
> My real reason in sending this is to ask if anyone
> has lists they would
> like to share, especially of domain blocks. I am
> currrently blocking a lot
> of the world outside of the US and my list is
> growing!
> 
> I also actively send abuse messages to mostly US
> ISP's that I don't block
> after looking at headers. I am not sure how much
> good that does but I like
> doing it!
> 
> I firmly believe that the way to eliminate this crap
> is to NOT accept it
> rather then accept it, test it, and then dump it. As
> long as we accept it
> it will keep coming! I have no problem cutting off
> domains that spew this
> crap. Of course I am not an ISP so I can get away
> with that.
> 
> Doug
> 
> ****************************
> *  Doug Crompton	   *
> *  Richboro, PA 18954	   *
> *  215-431-6307		   *
> *		  	   *
> * doug@crompton.com        *
> * http://www.crompton.com  *
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> 
> 
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