From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 15 13:46:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAB116A420 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:46:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD1E443D5A for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:46:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k1FDkv6U007878; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:46:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id k1FDkuRm007877; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:46:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:46:56 -0800 From: David Wolfskill To: "Daniel A." Message-ID: <20060215134656.GM94023@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <5ceb5d550602150520t6f73d714wb9cbf2de85d56449@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5ceb5d550602150520t6f73d714wb9cbf2de85d56449@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to filter the emails from this list 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: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:46:58 -0000 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 02:20:59PM +0100, Daniel A. wrote: > ... > But how do I make sure that _every_ email to the gets filtered? Look for the "Delivered-To:" header. > I've noticed that all emails sent to the FreeBSD mailing lists get > suffixed with some text. Can I trust that this text wont change every > few weeks or so? You could do that, but I wouldn't recommend it; I certainly wouldn't consider that text to be appropriate input for that kind of filtering, and I would have no expectation that I'd need to let anyone know before I changed it. > How do you filter your emails? Actually, I only do a couple of binary filters. The first is at the MTA: I do what I can to decline to accept spam at that point. That takes care of 85 - 90% of the SMTP conversations my MTA receives. Mail that I see then gets categorized as either "spam" or otherwise, and if it's spam, I examine it to adjust the criteria for the first filter to reduce the probability that I'll ever see another such spam. (I also use similar criteria for a couple of other domains for which I'm postmaster.) The rest of the mail, I generally try to read and delete as fast as I can, first-in, first-out. Occasionally, I save a message or two. Peace, david (current hat: postmaster@freebsd.org) -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Mail filters, like sewers, need to be most restrictive at the point of entry. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.