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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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