From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 10:05:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D92837B401 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gray.impulse.net (gray.impulse.net [207.154.64.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A00243FA3 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:05:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from secabeen@pobox.com) Received: by gray.impulse.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3BA881C6; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:05:07 -0700 (PDT) To: "Tim McCullagh" References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030425200140.03d1a358@mail.go2france.com> <056f01c30ba2$b4b0d0c0$6500a8c0@halenet.com.au> From: Ted Cabeen Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:05:07 -0700 In-Reply-To: <056f01c30ba2$b4b0d0c0$6500a8c0@halenet.com.au> ("Tim McCullagh"'s message of "Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:19:53 +1000") Message-ID: <877k9eblj0.fsf@gray.impulse.net> Lines: 68 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley, i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Way Blocking Spams X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:05:08 -0000 "Tim McCullagh" writes: > I will second what Len has said > > Imgate works "Brilliantly" > > It has reduced my spam intake by as much as 40% in a week. I have seen > similar reports from others using it to. > > As for the migration issues. They are not an issue. You place a separated > MX server in front of your current sendmail machine. The separate server > doesn't need to be anything special from what I have found. It just needs > an excellent operating system FreeBSD with postfix installed and the IMgate > mods > > Have a look at http://imgate.meiway.com So looking at that webpage, it looks like IMGate is just a postfix box configured with a bunch of RBLs and other blocking systems. Does anybody know exactly what RBLs, filters and blocking systems IMGate uses? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Len Conrad" > To: > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:01 PM > Subject: Re: Best Way Blocking Spams > > >> >> > What about your solutions ? >> >> RBL is not a very effective way to block. It helps, but other techniques >> dominate. >> >> IMGate.MEIway.com (postfix as MX + any mailbox server) >> >> > I will not change my mail server >> > (sendmail) to other one (postfix/qmail) because of migration > problems. >> >> then migrate nothing, keep sendmail on your mailbox server, and run > postfix >> as mx. >> >> Len >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: San Jose; Denver; New York; Seattle >> IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com