Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2010-08-24 22:37, 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 ?
I understand from other posts that you are using pop3 to get your email, and using your own filters to delete email on your ISP server. That you don't want to use spamassassin because you simply do not want to download the email.
That contradicts what you said in your original post, ie, that you “don't want to take the chance of deleting something I may want to get”, because you are running that chance by your current method.
Yes & No. Since I am doing a whois on the IP addresses (from received or originating IP), I'm finding that most of the spam is coming from other countries. So, in Thunderbird, I filter by least common denominator of the IP address. So if IP address range is 145.165.0.0 - 145.165.255.255 - then - I filter for [145.165. Also, if IP address does not work, I filter by email domain, keywords, phrases, etc. So to double check my settings, I clean the trash folder and run my filter definition. If more emails get moved to the trash folder then I expect, then I have to step back and regroup. Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org