Re: [PLUG] spam traps and solutions

[Edward Smola <meanderis@mac.com>]

On Oct 5, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Sean C. Sheridan wrote:
> Does anyone have a good solution that I can implement on my fedora box
> that will trap the crap and never create a false positive?
>
> I've received 15 spam in the time it took to write this email,  
> please save
> me...

If your running your own mail server, are you using greylisting.    
That step alone solved a bulk of my junk mail issues.  Recently a  
config change happened that disabled my greylisting and I could tell  
quite quickly that something was wrong by the volume of spam that  
started coming in.  I put it back in and immediately saw the drop in  
spam back to manageable levels.

I've also tried out 3rd party apps for mail.app that seem to solve my  
problems for accounts that I don't have control over...  spamsieve is  
a pay solution and junkmatcher is free one.  For me using some client  
side rules and plugins has got me seeing almost no spam or false  
positives(your milage my vary) after a little bit of training.  So  
look around for some client plugins that could give you a hand in  
managing your defenses.   What options are available to you will vary  
on your mail app of choice.

Edward Smola 
 
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