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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2001 06:03:42 +1000 (EST)
From:      Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To:        "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: need help filter this stupid virus. Sendmail didnt stop this.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010622054920.2049A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
In-Reply-To: <00ba01c0fa6c$c914a800$3028680a@tgt.com>

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Hi Thomas,

I'd have replied only offlist, but looks like you'd have missed it ..

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

 > Or simply block everything from the pacific rim.  Although there are some
 > ligitimate people there :), almost ALL of the email I get from there is
 > SPAM.  So ...

[..]

 > * ^Received:.*\[203.*
 > $HOME/mail/Spam

Well there goes most of Australia, among other 'all spammer' countries,

[..]

 > The above rules catch a small group from South America and one other :)  You
 > wouldn't believe the amount of Spam that simply "goes away" with this -- and
 > I have only sent 1 legitimate email into my spam box with these filters.
 > Not too bad!  To bad administrators in these areas don't get their acts
 > together.

If I refused mail from North American nets I'd lose 95% of my spam, but
alas, this fine mailing list also :-) 

Cheers, Ian


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