From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 23:20:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB2E1065670 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:20:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CDA98FC12 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:20:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2KN5YiJ029895 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2KN5Y32029894 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:05:34 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090320230534.GC77783@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <49C3F051.9010501@daleco.biz> <200903202240.n2KMe1Re007705@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VsIP+Tg8RKrNt6G6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200903202240.n2KMe1Re007705@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: spamassassin helps lots, but I'm tired of sorting the backscatter ; -) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:20:46 -0000 --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--