Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:09:34 +0800 From: Adrian Pavone <wingot@amcom.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam problem! Message-ID: <4475D6BE.7050600@amcom.com.au> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060525104327.02694300@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <20060525145312.50581.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20060525104327.02694300@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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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 <user1&domain.com>... Recipient ok >> <<< RCPT TO: user2@domain.com >> >>> 250 2.1.5 <user2&domain.com>... 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
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