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Re: [PLUG] Spam Elimination
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Quoting Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com>:
> 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
I use a combination of a third party outside service for incoming
mail (Mark Thomas .. www.mail-cleaner.com) as well as Spambouncer for
internal stuff (www.spambouncer.org).
Dennis
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