Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:40:01 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kdk@daleco.biz Subject: Re: spamassassin helps lots, but I'm tired of sorting the backscatter ; -) Message-ID: <200903202240.n2KMe1Re007705@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <49C3F051.9010501@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Anybody got a good way to send an automagic Ping'o'death > to a spammer's computer? Maybe there's a "kick butt" > plugin for AmavisD? Note that, in most cases, it is very difficult to identify the real source of the spammer. The "From" header line and the envelope sender address usually do not point to the spammer. Trying to shoot back to those is a very bad idea. The only reasonable thing you can do with spam is drop it to /dev/null. If it makes you feel better, you can create a symlink /dev/painful_death -> /dev/null and instruct your mail filter to drop spam there instead. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd In my experience the term "transparent proxy" is an oxymoron (like jumbo shrimp). "Transparent" proxies seem to vary from the distortions of a funhouse mirror to barely translucent. I really, really dislike them when trying to figure out the corrective lenses needed with each of them. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
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