hi ya george
> George R.Kasica wrote:
>
> 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.
..
> have the digest postings restricted to just list members.
good
to block spam ... ( bounce it before you have to deal with it in any form )
- use a closed mailing list, ( members only )
( that you've already done )
- spammers will probably not be members and probably will not
subscribe .. spam it .. and unsubscribe
- additional spam prevention rules ... may or may not work for you
( aka some consider it bad practice .. others use it .. just depends
( on ones tolerance for spam and what you're willing to do to stop it
- spam is best stopped at the MTA ... not after you got the spam
- deny html-based emails ( no reason to have html-based emails )
( that gets rid of 95% of the junk )
- deny all sending MTA access if it does not have a reverse dns
entry
- deny incoming emails to fake email addy on your end ..
- it's lot harder to decide to if the sendimg emails are fake
- rejecting emails from other domains will be a problem when
deny incoming emails from joe@domain.com that was sent from
isp-hosting-domain.com that hosts joe's site
( ie. sending domain must match reply domains )
- endless list of stopping spam rules
- my personal issue with spam assassin... and equivalents
- it does not deny incoming connections from (suspect) spammers
- i still have to deal with the spam after it was received
( the above 2 requirements being important requirements for me )
- it flags legit emails as spam when its not
- i have to create mroe special folders for suspect spam
- i have to teach it ( setting arbitrary "spam numbers" )
c ya
alvin
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