Stopping Spam?

CMitchell · n00b Joined: 22 May 2002 Posts: 8

What do you guys do to prevent getting spammed with email constantly? Stuff like ordb.org? I get a LOT, and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions...

Jeevz · Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 1:45 am Post subject:

I use this free service: http://sneakemail.com/

It works very well.

Guest · Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 4:29 am Post subject:

Spamassassin

JohnnyGTO · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 91

I've been using spamassassin for about 6 months and it is accurate. I get no less then 160 emails in a 24hr period in my spam folder all sorted nicely by score. This way I can check to see if someone gets tagged as spam accidently and if you send me something that gets a high score shame on you!

mb · Guru Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 355 Location: Hessen | .de

exim + rbl support + rb.spamcop.net

#mb

klieber · Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 11:38 am Post subject:

As some other folks have mentioned, SpamAssassin is a good product.

Personally, I use SpamBouncer though I'm considering dumping it in favor of Vipul's Razor. I haven't used Razor, but several of my friends do and they swear by it. I believe it takes a bit more effort to get set up and working properly, but seems to work very well once it's up and running.

--kurt
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timmy · n00b Joined: 24 May 2002 Posts: 56 Location: Bath, UK

tgnb · Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 1:07 pm Post subject: squirrelmail with spamcop plugin

I use squirrelmail with spamcop plugin.
Works great for me.

lasa · Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 4:18 pm Post subject:

I have a box with about 20 users and while spam hasn't been much of a problem over the years it is starting to become one. Is there any way to install site-wide spam filtering? The current setup is Engarde Linux running postfix, so this is not exactly a gentoo-related question.

-lasa-

klieber · Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 4:27 pm Post subject:

volkris · Guest

I find that DCC is a better solution than the others.

jtmace · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

Mailcheck + Spamassasin + Razortools

gsfgf · Veteran Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 1266

dummy email account. And freaquent changes as i get spammed out of accounts.

Houdini · Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2002 8:15 am Post subject:

I have the best spam filters on earth: good admins

My school account, there's a rabid anti-spam guy running the email server. He's a bit scary (threatens to kill spammers, and I think he means it), but I get NO spam, even though I post to mailing lists.

I also pay for a www.cotse.com account (I'm just a happy customer, not an employee or anything) which is great. It's a good value for $6/mo. It allows chaining of all the major spam filters, out to as many as you're willing to wait for

Oh, and the cotse email gives you a subdomain. So, I'm houdini [at] cotse.{com,net}, but <anything>@houdini.cotse.net (not .com) will get to me. So, sitexyz.com gets sitexyz@houdini.cotse.net, and if I get spam there, I drop that email address, and send the company a nasty letter/call/visit.

Did I mention I really don't like spam?

I want the job of the aforementioned rabid anti-spammer, so I won't sound like a lunatic when I talk about it ("no, really, it's my job!").
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