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Date:      Fri, 26 May 2006 00:09:34 +0800
From:      Adrian Pavone <wingot@amcom.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Spam problem!
Message-ID:  <4475D6BE.7050600@amcom.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060525104327.02694300@mail.computinginnovations.com>
References:  <20060525145312.50581.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20060525104327.02694300@mail.computinginnovations.com>

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Derek Ragona wrote:
> There are many ways to combat spam.  One of the easiest is to use 
> mailscanner in the ports.
>
> You can configure mailscanner to compare senders against known lists 
> of SPAMers, in addition to it's own rules.
>
>         -Derek
>
>
> At 09:53 AM 5/25/2006, Olga Zenkova wrote:
>> I use sendmail 8.13.3 and gather full log of its work.
>> I see such strings in it:
>>
>> <<< RCPT TO: user1@domain.com
>> >>> 250 2.1.5 <user1&domain.com>... Recipient ok
>> <<< RCPT TO: user2@domain.com
>> >>> 250 2.1.5 <user2&domain.com>... Recipient ok
>> <<< DATA
>> <<< To: user3@domain.com
>>
>> where user1, user2 - users names
>> domain.com - domain name
>>
>> After that user1 and user2 get spam letters to their
>> mailboxes with field "To: user3" in it. There are no
>> user1 or user2 in this field. Is it possible to cut
>> off these letters? Especially it is difficult to
>> explain for user1 and user2 why they got letters
>> addressed not for them.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Olga Zenkova
>>
>>
>>
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>> This message has been scanned for viruses and
>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
>> believed to be clean.
>> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
>
Ohh, this reminds me of my ISP tech support days. Having to explain to 
illiterates what a BCC is ...

Yeah, I think even sendmail has a mail filter available if you want to 
configure it. There are many anti-spam methods available at the server. 
I recommend finding one with greylisting built in



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