Re: Spam and spam filtering, a problem new to me
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
>
> On 09/25/06 15:31, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:14:49PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> [snip]
> >> amount of filter fiddling will protect against this. What to
> >> do? Are there new filtering techniques beyond spamassassin?
> >>
> > Reject anything with a .gif or .png attachment?
>
> That's kinda lacking in discrimination. Someone might have a valid
> reason for sending you a .png.
Whitelist those people. Throw the rest away. If it's important,
they'll follow up with a "did you get it?" Whitelist them, and get
them to re-send. Smiple.
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