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Subject: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: J C Lawrence <claw @ kanga . nu>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:59:13 -0800
To: Bob Bish <bobbish @ earthlink . net>
Cc: list-managers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Message from Bob Bish <bobbish@earthlink.net> of "Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:27:59 MST." <5.2.0.9.2.20030223222501.00ba4d48@pop.earthlink.net>
References: <68FC9616-47AB-11D7-AE70-0003934516A8@plaidworks.com> <68FC9616-47AB-11D7-AE70-0003934516A8@plaidworks.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20030223222501.00ba4d48@pop.earthlink.net>

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:27:59 -0700 
Bob Bish <bobbish@earthlink.net> wrote:

>  Earthlink has the "Spaminator" which does a very good job of >
>  blocking spam (and not mailing lists).  Email-bourne viruses would be
>  very easy to block too, but they don't do that.  Go 

I front all my lists with TMDA, a MIME stripper, and then a quick check
for message size before dropping into the moderation queue (my lists are
moderated for other reasons).  Mail from non-subscribers gets held by
TMDA until they confirm their address onto the whitelist.  Mail from
subscribers or those on the whitelist goes straight thru to the MIME
stripper.  Messages which are too short after MIME stripping are
discarded, the rest are handed onto the list server (for moderation).

Each of the lists gets somewhere between 50 and 80 spam or virus emails
per day.  In the last year:

  -- __NO__ spam, not one, has gotten thru to the list moderation
  interface (the lists are hand moderated)

  -- Precisely 4 virus messages (castrated by the MIME stripper) have
  made it thru to the moderation interface.  None had an active payload
  remaining.

The TMDA spool for the last few hours of today looks like:

  [ ] 1045801519.16295.msg        Christine       re: cable? 
  [ ] 1045803443.20390.msg        Dr. Alberts     News Update - New Anti Aging fo 
  [ ] 1045804499.21410.msg        arsenal3fdee@earthlink.com      RMortgage Rates 
  [ ] 1045804502.21426.msg        arsenal3fdee@earthlink.com      RMortgage Rates 
  [ ] 1045819387.1249.msg Monroe  Lose we1ght, feel better, and reduce signs of a 
  [ ] 1045822457.2814.msg ckdhgraciela    Fw: 2003 has started - help eliminate s 
  [ ] 1045822939.3116.msg PITBOSS $200 FREE CASH AT SAVOIA INN CASINO ! 
  [ ] 1045822940.3123.msg PITBOSS $200 FREE CASH AT SAVOIA INN CASINO ! 
  [ ] 1045822942.3131.msg PITBOSS $200 FREE CASH AT SAVOIA INN CASINO ! 
  [ ] 1045831249.7654.msg malloryswcq@samaco.co.uk        Actually reverse  a g i 
  [ ] 1045831251.7667.msg malloryswcq@samaco.co.uk        Actually reverse  a g i 
  [ ] 1045841388.13615.msg        arronjhlb@agrana.ro     D e p r e s s e d?      
  [ ] 1045841390.13628.msg        arronjhlb@agrana.ro     D e p r e s s e d?      
  [ ] 1045844030.15183.msg        adena@luso.pt   Husband's away...Lonely housewi 
  [ ] 1045844032.15197.msg        adena@luso.pt   Husband's away...Lonely housewi 
  [ ] 1045856537.23312.msg        Brooke Briggs   Need A Hot, Discrete, Single Fr 
  [ ] 1045861394.9085.msg VICTOR IKE      BUSINESS  PROPOSAL. 
  [ ] 1045865658.13137.msg        robbie302324@excite.com Internet job! 
  [ ] 1045888569.14315.msg        Jules Norton    wapt rolicy 
  [ ] 1045888571.14328.msg        Jules Norton    wapt rolicy 
  [ ] 1045892721.17421.msg        postmaster      Returned mail--"look,my beautif 
  [ ] 1045904815.1758.msg Mavis Holt      Credit problems? 
  [ ] 1045904817.1771.msg Mavis Holt      Credit problems? 
  [ ] 1045915063.10184.msg        Anna Koornikova Teen beauty queens with no mora 
  [ ] 1045916363.11412.msg        Britney Speares Teen beauty queens with no mora 
  [ ] 1045917829.12723.msg        Letitia !#! COPY ANY DVD TO CD !#! 
  [ ] 1045923594.17319.msg        sagevmte@familie-fritzsche.de   Safely  F e e l 
  [ ] 1045923596.17332.msg        sagevmte@familie-fritzsche.de   Safely  F e e l 
  [ ] 1045924480.18127.msg        Alyce Haglund   This site lets you order foreig 
  [ ] 1045940126.2893.msg christoper402510@mailcity.com   Great oportunites! 
  [ ] 1045944479.15321.msg        GE      RE: [MUD-Dev] Protecting the Player's S 
  [ ] 1045956857.9071.msg Adam    Re: workload simulation (was: Re: [MUD-Dev] MMO 
  [ ] 1045958631.11220.msg        Ghost   GhostMessage....the newest technology i 
  [ ] 1045958661.11247.msg        Ghost   GhostMessage....the newest technology i 
  [ ] 1045969592.21905.msg        Rebekah Caudill injectifn procurement 
  [ ] 1045969594.21919.msg        Rebekah Caudill injectifn procurement 
  [ ] 1045972584.24863.msg        Evgenia -Looking for a good  man 
  [ ] 1045988009.14655.msg        crazybroeolb@bboy.com   This is what you have b 
  [ ] 1045988049.14734.msg        andrea_schwartzyuqe@baxter.com  I've been waiti 
  [ ] 1045988939.22947.msg        Postmaster@deerfield.baxter.com DELIVERY FAILUR 
     listed in public Name & Address Book 
  [ ] 1045995652.28746.msg        abdullahcygb@addiscolearning.no Are You  O v e  
  [ ] 1045995654.28759.msg        abdullahcygb@addiscolearning.no Are You  O v e  
  [ ] 1045995689.28790.msg        AddiscoLearning Mailer  AddiscoLearning Error! 
  [ ] 1045995690.28797.msg        AddiscoLearning Mailer  AddiscoLearning Error! 
  [ ] 1045996329.29679.msg        megAisha        Check me out, I saw you today.  
  [ ] 1045996330.29687.msg        megAisha        Check me out, I saw you today.  
  [ ] 1045997854.31125.msg        incomingforward@cs.com  iread, LIVE FROM WALL S 
  [ ] 1046001857.2259.msg linknow_hn3@yahoo.com   Financial Freedom For NOW - Wor 
  [ ] 1046003380.3553.msg linknow_hn3@yahoo.com   Financial Freedom For NOW - Wor 
  [ ] 1046012413.11160.msg        big@boss.com    Re: Sample 
  [ ] 1046012426.11202.msg        big@boss.com    Re: Here is that sample 
  [ ] 1046022111.20134.msg        Jenna Softly    A refreshing facial makes me wi 
  [ ] 1046029458.26857.msg        Dr. Perry       News Update - New Anti Aging fo 
  [ ] 1046034875.32447.msg        habitationcejq@cox.net  look great              
  [ ] 1046034876.32470.msg        juicelessgahb@lycos.co.uk       feel great      
  [ ] 1046034876.32471.msg        cablegramsdetu@aol.com  feel better             
  [ ] 1046034876.32472.msg        macaroonkiew@aol.com    look great 

So far, in the last year, only four on-topic messages have been held by
TMDA that haven't been confirmed by their authors (and in one of those
cases he resent from a subscribed address without any action on my
part).  Not a bad record for no attention required from me.

  FWLIW 1045956857.9071.msg above was confirmed thru by the author.

Not bad at all.  You can find my scripts and recipes in the Mailman user
FAQ.

-- 
J C Lawrence                
---------(*)                Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. 
claw@kanga.nu               He lived as a devil, eh?		  
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/  Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.


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