Re: spam filtering question?

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

The only thing I can think to do is to filter on Messag_id: field 
contents and run all incoming email through formail to force what comes 
in to be in proper format before any spam filters get it.  Ken did tell 
me awhile back that overseas undesireables wanted to use shellworld.net 
for criminal purposes and he refused their request then all of the spam 
started.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2016, Karen Lewellen wrote:

> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 12:38:18
> From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
> Cc: Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com>,
>     Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: spam filtering question?
>
> Hi there,
> Yes I am running sa-learn and indeed is no longer being effective.
> Part of the spam I believe is tied to a couple of hacks of major sites, when 
> Linkedin was hacked and when yahoo groups had problems.
> I can simply dump the ones that are fake orders or documents or tickets, the 
> ones that look like they come from old linked in data.
> The tactical flashlight adds and the like though should filter with sa-learn.
> I have asked Ken our administrator about the problem, which is part of why I 
> raised the question.
> He too is puzzled as to why sa-learn is not doing the job say as well as it 
> did  when shellworld was still  running freebsd.
> Kare
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2016, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>
> > Is sa-learn being run, and if so is it no longer effective?
> >
> > On Sat, 10 Dec 2016, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >
> > >  Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:46:19
> > >  From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net>
> > >  To: Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com>
> > >  Cc: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > >  Subject: Re: spam filtering question?
> > >  Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:47:05 +0000 (UTC)
> > >  Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > >
> > >  What favored Ubuntu help list?
> > >  I stated at the outset that I use a service.  I do not administrate that
> > >  service.
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Sat, 10 Dec 2016, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> > >
> > > >  On 12/9/16, Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> wrote:
> > > > >  Greetings folks,
> > > > >  shellworld.net the shell service where I do most of my internet work 
> > > > >  is
> > > > >  using Ubuntu.
> > > > >  For reasons that I  find rather confusing spam assassin  is well no > 
> > > >  longer
> > > > >  filtering at the level it did previously.
> > > > >  Has something happened to the program ?
> > > > >  Is there a better spam filtering option for shell servers that I 
> > > might
> > > > >  suggest to our administrator?
> > > > >  The Ubuntu distribution is in the 16 range, I can supply the exact
> > > > >  edition if that helps.
> > > > > >  A question re the question: What kind of response did you receive 
> > > from
> > > >  your favored Ubuntu user help list(s)?
> > > > >  Cindy :)
> > > > >  -- >  Cindy-Sue Causey
> > > >  Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
> > > > >  * runs with plastic sporks *
> > > > > 
> >
> > --

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