From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 11:02:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 814DB1065672 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:02:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F668FC18 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:02:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2OB1kX0035970; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:02:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2OB1kAa035969; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:01:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:01:46 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200903241101.n2OB1kAa035969@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20090320230534.GC77783@albert.catwhisker.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-chat User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:02:09 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: spamassassin helps lots, but I'm tired of sorting the ?backscatter ; -) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:02:11 -0000 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)