Date: 16 Jul 2001 00:29:34 MDT From: J S <spl1t_h0r1z0n@usa.net> To: Morsal Roudbay <morsal@swipnet.se>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Re: spammers] Message-ID: <20010716062934.19258.qmail@nwcst339.netaddress.usa.net>
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quit whining about someone else not doing what you want. take a few minu=
tes,
read the headers to determine what service provider they are using to sen=
d the
mail, then forward the email to abuse@theirisp.net. blocking them at the=
receiving end is only a partial solution, they are still able to spam. =
joshua
Morsal Roudbay <morsal@swipnet.se> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 07:09:23PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Morsal Roudbay <morsal@swipnet.se> writes:
> > =
> > > That's what I have been doing Stephaine, but I'd like the list admi=
ns to
do
> > > it too so I wont have to get this much spam. Other list admins ban
spammers
> > > instantly...
> > =
> > Well, apart from making the lists closed, and allow posts only from
subscribed
> > addresses, there is not much one can do. However, these lists are op=
en,
and
> > for a good reason too.
> > =
> > The procmail solution (or, since FreeBSD.org used Postfix, a table-dr=
iven
> > block policy) might prove too much work for the postmaster. This is
probably
> > going to be a full-time job, if the postmaster chooses to do somethin=
g
like
> > that. He has other things to do in his every day life except for edi=
ting
> > Postfix configuration files and lookup tables.
> > =
> > Using RBL or some other filtering method, that moves the burden of
maintaining
> > the list of blocked addresses off the back of the postmaster is also =
not
the
> > perfect solution. Still, users that have done nothing wrong can be
blocked...
> > =
> > This is more hairy than it seems :/
> > =
> > -giorgos
> =
> Hmm, I really wish someone could ban all those damned spammers. :(
> =
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Joshua Smith, CCNA
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