From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 25 23:04:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA24848 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 23:04:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.webspan.net (root@mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA24838; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 23:04:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gpalmer@orion.webspan.net) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with ESMTP id CAA20023; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 02:04:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with ESMTP id CAA14868; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 02:04:07 -0500 (EST) To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , chat@hub.freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: major push by spammers? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:11:48 PST." <17699.880524708@time.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 02:04:07 -0500 Message-ID: <14865.880527847@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote in message ID <17699.880524708@time.cdrom.com>: > Try turning on reverse DNS filtering and you'll find that this number > goes WAAAY up. According to my stats just for time.cdrom.com, I've > rejected 2203 spam attempts since 9am this morning. Yep, that's > correct - approximately 2.8 spams rejected every minute. Are you sending the temp fail return code? If so, then a lot of them will be repeat sends of the same spam. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info