[H-GEN] The declining effectiveness of SpamAssassin
Sarah Walters
sarah at walters.id.au
Thu Jan 22 21:14:22 EST 2004
Hi all,
My spam has reduced dramatically. I automatically reject all email from
countries that I don't expect to get email from. The following is from my
access file for sendmail:
ru ERROR:550 "Icky SPAM.
http://www.walters.id.au/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=Server+Problems"
kr ERROR:550 "Icky SPAM.
http://www.walters.id.au/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=Server+Problems"
cz ERROR:550 "Icky SPAM.
http://www.walters.id.au/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=Server+Problems"
There are a lot more countries, plus a few specific domains (mailasia.com for
example). Even before I installed spamassassin, rules like this drastically
cut out the spam. Spamassassin (called from mimedefang) catches almost all of
the rest.
Sarah
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