[NTLUG:Discuss] Spam question

[Alton R. Pouncey, II]

On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 22:38, Wayne Dahl wrote:
> Ok guys, here's a good question for the group.  I'm sure you've all
> gotten spam that you've written filters for, but it seems the latest
> batch of junk is written specifically to bypass filters.  For example,
> if you write a filter to delete messages containing the word fizgig,
> inevitably, someone wanting to bypass your filters will write the email
> in html with something like this crap in it....fiz<-!---12354->gig and
> the filter merrily passes it by.
> 
> So...what have you guys done to kill this garbage when there is nothing
> else in the email to key on?
> 
> Wayne
> 

Don't write filters anymore.  Assuming you are running your own mail
server, install SpamAssassin on it (http://www.spamassassin.org/).  I
installed SpamAssassin on my mail server back in September and it has
blocked an average of 98.74% of spam over 4 months.

There is also a user preferences file that you can edit to blacklist or
whitelist additional addresses as you see fit.  It's been a godsend for
me as I don't have to write content filters anymore.

> 
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Alton R. Pouncey, II
SCSA, SCNA, CCNA, CIW Professional
http://www.trainers-r-us.com
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