Re: Recent spam increase
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:17:33 +0000
Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
> Michelle Konzack on 10/11/06 19:11, wrote:
> > Am 2006-10-26 22:45:56, schrieb Peter Teunissen:
> >> If you're looking for a way to get rid of picture spam, try the
> >SARE > rules (http://www.rulesemporium.com/) for spamassassin.
> >I use these > rulesets and get very high scores on the picture
> >spam I get. Simply > add these rules to your setup using
> >sa-update & the openprotect > channel (see
> >http://saupdates.openprotect.com/). It doesn't take the > cpu
> >cost of the fuzzyocr plugin.
>
>
>
> I thought there was a big database of blacklisted spam URLs of the
> websites being advertised.
>
> Maybe it's an urban myth, I haven't looked into it, it is
> something I'm planning on doing in the next few months.
>
> I understand that the blacklist is constantly maintained by a
> large group of volunteers who use plugins in their email readers
> to feed-back the spam email to the database website, where the
> spam ip address will be added to the database as soon as enough
> trusted spam reporters have reported it.
>
> The database then provides the blacklist for filtering against, so
> that any email content with blacklisted URLs can be discarded.
>
> Sorry I don't know anymore about it and listening to people
> discuss the large amount of effort they put into maintaining spam
> filters, I hope I'm not propagating myths.
>
>
> Adam
>
I'm not sure it's any longer maintained. The last maintained
version was so huge (I believe over 8MB) that it took too much
processor/memory. Use of www.surbl.org is now suggested
--
Raquel
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