Date: 21 Nov 2002 10:00:43 -0500 From: Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: How do I block spam locally? (WAS: Re: Reacting to spam targetted to freebsd.org [was: Re: PLS GET BACK TO ME.]) Message-ID: <1037890842.729.13.camel@d80h149.public.uconn.edu> In-Reply-To: <877kf7kmib.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net> References: <20021121031809.GA77831@tao.thought.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10211210844210.23313-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> <20021121135803.GB11980@gothmog.gr> <20021121140056.GA30746@kierun.org> <877kf7kmib.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net>
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I agree, but how do I run spam filtering locally? As an average desktop user, I simply use a client to POP mail from a server -- are there client plugins that filter for spam? I currently use Evolution, but am willing to change if there a spam filter plugins for other clients. As a slightly-more-than-average desktop user, I just figured out fetchmail to fetch a POP3 account to my local sendmail (base system, default install, set for local deliver only). Is SpamAssassin the "best" way to go? Is it a "plugin" for Sendmail? If I'm going to start messin' with my local MTA, should I try something besides Sendmail? The config options of Sendmail are somewhat daunting -- it seems like an SMTP handler should be simpler. Thoughts? Thanks all, -Matt On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 09:47, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2002-11-21T14:00:56Z, Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org> writes: > > > Would it be possible for the owners of the lsit to install something > > like SpamAssassin so that those messages actually don't get to us? > > Erm, I'm roughly 99.999% against that idea. What if someone's writing to > ask how to secure their FreeBSD box that's currently being used as a spam > relay (and is on many blackhole lists)? > > For what it's worth, I run SpamAssassin locally, and use it to *mark* > possible spams, but never drop them. Then I configured my client to filter > based on the `X-Spam-Status' header into a spam folder that I periodically > check. Once a month or so, I find a piece of mail that *should* have passed > but was marked, so I have to adjust my rules and/or whitelist accordingly. -- Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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