Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 08:59:22 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Nils Holland <nils@daemon.tisys.org>, Colin Faber <cfaber@fpsn.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: You've Been Removed! Message-ID: <3CD6A85A.4050009@tenebras.com> References: <200205051832.OAA29652@matterhorn.pinn.net> <3CD59C0A.306681E3@fpsn.net> <20020505233756.A8532@daemon.tisys.org> <200205060013.g460DYn54044@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote: > I think the lists should remain open. A perfect solution would be > to have the mail system keep a database of originators (From: and > the first Received: header). Whenever it sees an email from someone > not in the database it would request that the person acknowledge > that they really intended to send the email and, if they do, their > email goes through and they are added to the database (so it only > asks them once). > > I've been contemplating writing such a beast for myself, since 90% > of the email I receive these days is spam. I'm sure others have > written similar things so I'm wondering if there is a solution out > there already. At some point I'm going to write mine (as a standalone > MX relay so it could be tied into any system), when I have more time > available. Matt - Such a beast exists. I'm running qmail here, w/tcprules, and get about 1 or 2 SPAM a day. The qsecretary function of exmlm does what you describe -- it may be configured to require confirmation of every message sent to the list, or just the first from a given envelope sender, etc. It takes some effort to adopt the Daniel J. Bernstein mindset, but I'm a happy customer, and would be more than happy to assist in setting this up. The packages required are: daemontools-0.76_2 ezmlm-idx-0.40_1 qmail-1.03_1 ucspi-tcp-0.88 Cheezwhiz, Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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