[CLUE-Tech] Netscape email filters/rules for SPAM

[Mike Staver]

I'm also having major problems with spam, I get more now than I ever
have before in my life, and it is driving me nuts.  Since I run my own
mail server, I don't exactly know what I'm doing with blocking the
spam.  I thought I had the MAPS/RBL stuff set up, but ever since I
upgraded from red hat 6.2 to 7.2, sendmail complains that I have an old
sendmail.cf file, and the upgrade installer put a sendmail.cf.rpmnew in
the /etc/ directory, only problem is, when I try to use it, sendmail
won't actually work.  So, I just revert back to the old config now and I
keep getting all kinds of filthy and annoying spam :(  There HAS to be a
better solution to this, and I say the next person who figures out how
to stop it should win the nobel prize or something!

Kevin Cullis wrote:
> 
> Jed,
> 
> Thanks for the tip and comments. My ISP has emailed everyone about SPAM
> filters they are putting into place on the 20th, but until then, I was
> wondering how I could reduce my workload. I'll wait and see how it works
> after the 20th.
> 
> KC
> 
> "Jed S. Baer" wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 09:20:00 -0700
> > Kevin Cullis <kevincu at orci.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've been inundated with SPAM these last few months and have stuggled
> > >
> > > Anyone have any others ideas that might help?
> >
> > Is your ISP running MAPS/RBL filtering? How 'bout ORBZ filtering? I'd say
> > talk to the support folks. They might be willing to add some/all of your
> > spammers to their filtering.
> >
> > The other thing to do is to complain about it, but to the right people.
> > I've had some success with this, for example with X10.com; a few
> > complaints to their ISP, they stopped spamming me. Another ISP I
> > complained to was accidentally operating an open relay, and fixed it.
> >
> > You can use things like whois queries and traceroute to find the
> > legitimate ISPs and upstream providers. Just try to be certain you aren't
> > complaining directly, or indirectly, to the spammer, because that only
> > validates your addy in their database. That be tough to determine
> > sometimes.
> >
> > Bottom line is, it's better to get at the source, than filter it out on
> > your end, if you can.
> >
> > I haven't tried it, but I saw a package called Spam Assasin on freshmeat.
> > Might be worth looking at.
> >
> > Regards,
> > jed
> >
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