On 8/24/2010 3:12 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote:
John Andersen wrote:
On 8/24/2010 1:37 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote:
Because I have a business and don't want to take the chance of deleting something I may want to get, I have been using the IP address as well as a few keywords to build my own spam control - so far blocking about 99%.
I've tried googling many ways and not getting anything I'm looking for.
However, is there any tell tale signs in the email headers to look for ?
Any website that tells how to block spam using info from the headers ?
Thanks, Duaine
You are on a fools errand trying to block by these means.
Just install SpamAssassin and let it detect spam.
Spamassassin does not BLOCK. It only TAGS. Therefore you can put everything with low scores directly in your in-box and put things with high scores (spam) into a probably spam folder without fear of ever BLOCKING valid mail.
That's the point of starting my own version. I don't want the mail in the first place.
So, in Thunderbird, I tell it to delete it from the POP server - then - if by accident it gets to me, then I have it set to delete it.
Therefore, even though my traffic is small potatoes, I'm saving that much more on "crap" traffic.
Duaine
Oh, I see. I was confused by your lead in statement that implied a false positive was your biggest fear. (Deleting something important). If in fact your major concern is cutting down on crap traffic, AND you OWN a pop server (one has to ask why in gods name are you still using pop), then you can put some filters on that machine. But those filters are STILL better done in postfix before the mail is accepted, and preferably by something under constant maintenance like spamassassin running under postfix with something like Amavis. You've ALREADY paid the bandwidth by the time it hits your mail server tho... -- _____________________________________ At one time I had a Real Sig. Its been downsized. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org