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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:42:58 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        R0B_ROD <witchdoctor.mdf@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Spam
Message-ID:  <20150211074258.115f0014@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150210193241.GA31848@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net>
References:  <20150210193241.GA31848@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net>

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Hi,

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:32:41 -0500
R0B_ROD <witchdoctor.mdf@gmail.com> wrote:

> I understand the discussion but why isnt anyone coding anything for
> it already??? To the person who began the thread:  How is it that a

out of a very simple reason. The spam coming directly from the list is
minor. But there are harvesters active and they send out spam to the
harvested addresses.

> simple delete of a few emails with 'd' in mutt is a lot of work for
> you? I have gotten 4-5 spam mails from this list in the past 6 weeks.

Yes, and today more than 20 claiming to come from this list. They can
easily be filtered and go directly into a folder marking them as spam
from FreeBSD. This make it easier for me to find false positives even
if I did not have one since I started the filtering.

> If it bothers you come and help out, make some stuff up, even pseudo
> code on paper and pencil...Lets motivated each other instead of
> ranting and complaining or dreaming. Lets do it. Arent we a bunch of
> UNIX-wizards?? Trust me that is I had remotely the skill that many of
> you have and I could come up with a basic local shell script to
> filter out some spam. :) XD :P Peace
> 
The people who did claws mail did already the work. It is just about
applying it.

Erich



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