> George R.Kasica
>
> Just curious, how can I filter to prevent spam from getting on my
> various lists and or digests? I'm running SpamAssassin 3.0.2 and
> getting things tagged as SPAM **** and the spam tag set to yes, and
> then using the taboo header setting to block it.
>
> It seems to catch most things, but I still seem to end up with spam in
> digests (clearly tagged as spam) as if its eiter missing the taboo
> header check sometimes or someone is sending directly to the digests
> rather than posting to the list. I have the digest postings restricted
> to just list members.
>
> Any suggestions? If someone needs headers or examples I can provide
> that.
>
> George
I think your first problem is figuring out how spam is getting on your
list. Is it really spam or is something tripping up SA that is making it
*think* it's spam when it isn't. A review of what SA is saying would be
best then tweak any rules that responsible for the false tagging. You
can also add the list's address to SA as a whitelisted address in
local.cf ('whitelist_to [mailing list]') but I'd becareful there as that
will open a big door to spam.
Now if it really is spam then the second job would be to find out who is
sending it. As you said the list is a restrict post then only members of
the list can send to the list. Check the sending email addy and do a
'grep [email address]' against the mailing list file, this should find
out if the address is really on the list. If so remove it (or you could
just remove it without checking) or contact the person and warn them to
stop or to fix the problem on their end or risk being removed from the
list.
Beyond that I can't help you more. I don't do digests and when I get
spam on a list I have, the person gets 1 warning then shown the door. I
have a very low tolarance for spam.
Good luck.
Paul Pettit
CTO and IS Manager
Consistent Computer Bargains Inc.
I've heard it said that the proof of lunacy is when you repeat the same
steps expecting different results. I say it's proof that you're a
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