Cygwin anti-spam techniques

Jim Kleckner jek_subs1@kleckner.net
Fri Jan 26 06:35:00 GMT 2007


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 07:05:45PM -0800, Jim Kleckner wrote:
>   
>> The presence of a little bit of spam on this list reminds
>> me how little normally gets through.
>>
>> I know it might be considered a little OT, but do you have
>> a pointer to what techniques are used these days?
>>     
>
> Spamassassin:	http://spamassassin.apache.org/
> qpsmtpd:	http://smtpd.develooper.com/
> clamav:		http://www.clamav.net/
>
> mlcheck - a homegrown filter which stops certain types of predictable
> spam from coming through if it clears the above.  This is the program
> which stops html mail and various "harmful" attachments.  It operates in
> a slightly more relaxed mode if you're subscribed.
>
> I use a bunch of "rules du jour" rules with spamassassin:
>
>  ...
>   

Wow, very impressive, thanks!

Jim



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