Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:01:46 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spamassassin helps lots, but I'm tired of sorting the ?backscatter ; -) Message-ID: <200903241101.n2OB1kAa035969@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20090320230534.GC77783@albert.catwhisker.org>
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David Wolfskill wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > ... > > The only reasonable thing you can do with spam is drop it > > to /dev/null. If it makes you feel better, you can create > > a symlink /dev/painful_death -> /dev/null and instruct > > your mail filter to drop spam there instead. > > With respect, my preferred approach differs slightly. > > I instruct my MTA to reject (or, in certain special cases, silently > discard) the spam during the SMTP conversation. Of course. That goes without saying. My wording should have been clearer: The only reasonable thing you can do with spam that your MTA had to accept during the SMTP protocol (for whatever reason). Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "A misleading benchmark test can accomplish in minutes what years of good engineering can never do." -- Dilbert (2009-03-02)
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