Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:05:34 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spamassassin helps lots, but I'm tired of sorting the backscatter ; -) Message-ID: <20090320230534.GC77783@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <200903202240.n2KMe1Re007705@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <49C3F051.9010501@daleco.biz> <200903202240.n2KMe1Re007705@lurza.secnetix.de>
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--VsIP+Tg8RKrNt6G6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40:01PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > ... > The only reasonable thing you can do with spam is drop it > to /dev/null. If it makes you feel better, you can create > a symlink /dev/painful_death -> /dev/null and instruct > your mail filter to drop spam there instead. With respect, my preferred approach differs slightly. I instruct my MTA to reject (or, in certain special cases, silently discard) the spam during the SMTP conversation. Granted, there are several reasons that approach isn't for everyone -- or even very many folks; because of that, it may fail your "reasonable thing" criterion. :-} But I find it useful despite that. Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --VsIP+Tg8RKrNt6G6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknEIT0ACgkQmprOCmdXAD10PACfVBspfjZZjKOBcI/AdV8/AG0u O1AAniYW7V/gAg1idYo4/PxfWe1WdZZk =ZXvp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VsIP+Tg8RKrNt6G6--
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