From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 25 02:22:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC001065670 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:22:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpalmer@freebsd.org) Received: from noop.in-addr.com (mail.in-addr.com [IPv6:2001:470:8:162::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A318FC0C for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:22:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpalmer@freebsd.org) Received: from gjp by noop.in-addr.com with local (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1LxXX9-000Mus-G0; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:22:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:22:27 -0400 From: Gary Palmer To: Martes Wigglesworth Message-ID: <20090425022227.GB79909@in-addr.com> References: <1240615371.6029.34.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1240615371.6029.34.camel@localhost> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spamassassin anyone??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:22:28 -0000 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 07:22:51PM -0400, Martes Wigglesworth wrote: > Greetings list. > > I was just wondering, why don't they just run spamassassin on the > freebsd lists servers????? I would cut down on spam, and I doubt would > be any overhead if it were simply updated. As far as I am aware, they do run SpamAssassin on the listserv box. And also as far as I'm aware, if they were NOT running SA, you'd likely see upwards of a hundred spam messages a day getting through. Note that no A/S technology has a 100% catch rate, and as the volume of spam goes up, the volume of false negatives must also go up and hence you're seeing more spam. Its just the current round in the never-ending war against spam. Regards, Gary