From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 16:09:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C847316A596 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:09:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wingot@amcom.com.au) Received: from tara1.wa.amnet.net.au (tara1.wa.amnet.net.au [203.161.126.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD7143D60 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:09:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wingot@amcom.com.au) Received: (qmail 8854 invoked by uid 89); 25 May 2006 16:09:37 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 8837, pid: 8838, t: 0.8520s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.88/m:36/d:1310 spam: 3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on tara1.wa.amnet.net.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.10?) (203.161.72.123) by tara1.wa.amnet.net.au with SMTP for ; 25 May 2006 16:09:36 -0000 X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <4475D6BE.7050600@amcom.com.au> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:09:34 +0800 From: Adrian Pavone User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060525) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060525145312.50581.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20060525104327.02694300@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060525104327.02694300@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Spam problem! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:09:52 -0000 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 ... Recipient ok >> <<< RCPT TO: user2@domain.com >> >>> 250 2.1.5 ... 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 >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> -- >> 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