[KLUG Members] Question about spam..

[Adam Bultman]

I'm a fan of ORDB. (www.ordb.org) which rejects mail from open relays.
Woo!  Be careful:  Make sure your mail server is TIGHT before you test it
(I tested two, and the person said they were good-- but they weren't).

anyway, I like that.  Easy to drop in, works well.

Adam

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Adam Bultman
adam@glaven.org
[ http://www.glaven.org ]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 bob@acm.org wrote:

> >Ive been reading the list for a while now, I was wondering if there was any
> >email programs out there for linux, that would help eliminate the massive
> >amounts of spam I recieve to my domain.
>
> there are several toolsthat I've been using for spam, some old, some new.
> Fundamentally, they automate (to a greater or lesser degree) a lot of the
> process of submitting complaints to service providers regarding spam.
>
> Two tools come to mind that are both useful and have gotten results:
> adcomplain - a huge PERL script that does analysis of e-mail header
>              information.
> spamcop - A server-based (their server) set of tools that does much the same
>           thing as adcomplain.
>
> Adcomplain sends your complaint to a server which has a database identifying
> the right place to send the complaint, which is posted when you mail the com-
> plaint to the server. Adcomplain is also good about generating text for the
> complaint itself.
>
> Spamcop does a more complete job of analyzing the header information, and
> then presents this information on a wege page. You can then add additional
> text to the message, and it is sent on from there to the target[s]. You
> start the process by mailing one or more bits of spam to the spamcop
> server, which mails you back with a URL.
>
> There are advantages and weaknesses to each of these.
>
> Mostly what you need are tools like these, and the will to spend a bit of
> time, every day, using them. I have found it to be a good investment. Please,
> BE PERSISTANT! The amount of spam may not go down for a while, perhaps weeks,
> but it will abate. Sending good explanatory messages, perhaps with a little
> customization (a strength of adcomplain) to the right place (a strength of
> spamcop) helps, too.
>
> <plug type=shameless>
> I'm putting together a KLUG presentation on this topic for a bit later this
> year. I suspect that by then, I'll be more spam-free than I am now. If you
> heed this message, and attend my presentation, you will be, too!
> </plug>
>
> 							Regards,
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