Re: email server
On Sun December 13 2009, Joe wrote:
> Had you, as a human, tried the suggested address, it would have reached
> me. I accept mail to it and abuse unconditionally, as required by RFC.
not sure I understand what you are saying here..
>
> More likely is that nearly all spam is now NDR spam, which shouldn't
> work if sent to the RFC addresses. Of course, it would in many cases.
> None of the ISPs seem to accept RFC address mail, and most companies who
> use POP3 collection have never heard the term 'RFC'.
talking way over my head here..
>
> In addition to the blacklist, I reject about twenty countries on HELO
> and PTR strings, a few really offensive ISPs by name (mostly German,
> oddly), and make an attempt to identify and reject 'generic' PTRs. Along
> with the Debian default of requiring complementary A and PTR records for
> the sending IP address and a HELO which resolves using public DNS, this
> cuts down the spam that exim4 accepts to between one and two a day,
> which Icedove normally spots easily. Without the blacklist, it's about
> forty a day.
maybe you can explain this to me later, maybe off-list? or is there another
list where you talk about these methods? I for sure am interested in blocking
MORE S@@M..
I'm waffling right now, I've used Kontact for years and love it. On my laptop
for traveling I used thunderbird, and I like the new Thunderbird 3 ! but I've
got about 200 filters setup, and the thought of rebuilding them ;(
--
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Registered Ubuntu User #12459
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