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Re: getting viruses/spam after posting to this list



On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:56:13AM +0100, Eliot Stock wrote:
> After my first post to this list last night, I woke up this morning to find 40
> helpful "MS security updates" in my inbox.
> 
> How are other people dealing with this? Does the list consider this a problem,
> or is it just up to me to fight this at my server? If so a pointer to any URLs
> that lay out all the options for server-side spam and virus blocking would be
> helpful, maybe it's time I installed something. Is obfuscating addresses on the
> list pointless because harvesters aren't fooled? What's the score?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eliot Stock.
> 
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I am currently using combination of Spamassassin and access control
via /etc/mail/access (I use sendmail) with good success. Now "MS
Patches" are down to one or two per day. Before I used to get about 80
or more in a day.

regards,

Amal

PS: Please reply to list only.



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