28 Aug
2004
28 Aug
'04
9:57 a.m.
On Friday 27 August 2004 23.48, Lee Revell wrote:
On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:06, David Olofson wrote:
Will try. I definitely need something serious here. Over the last few
months, the situation has changed from "not much of a problem" to
"plain ridiculous."
On Friday 27 August 2004 21.08, Dan Hollis
wrote:
If any spam gets through your filters then you need better filters.
SpamAssassin properly configured will effectively eliminate spam. On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Lee Revell wrote:
I totally agree. Enough spam leaks through my filters as it is,
and I would rather not be on any lists that allow posts from
non-subscribers. I've been on a few, and they all let spam (and
viruses and similar crap) through every now and then. Even the
closed lists do once in a while, one way or another. Why do we need to /dev/null messages from
nonsubscribers
then?
because its 100% effective unlike the other methods.
if they cant be arsed to subscribe then their messages arent
all that important. Besides, you shouldn't need spam filters at all.
This should be
done on the mail server.
My accounts are on a server with some spam filter + virus scanner
solution, but it will either let some spam through, or start killing
other mail occasionally. That wouldn't have been much of an issue if
there was a way to have the server bounce "somewhat suspicious"
messages with a nice "Please do not use HTML" (etc) message, instead
of just throwing them away without telling anyone. :-/
//David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate
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