I don't understand why he needs to relay. Why not just configure sendmail to authenticate before relaying? > --Luke > --Computer Science Sysadmin, MSU Bozeman > --admin(AT)cs.montana.edu 994-3931 > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] > On Behalf Of Steven W. Orr > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:04 AM > To: Gregory L. Hering > Cc: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Anti-spam > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Gregory L. Hering wrote: > > =>Dear Spam-haters (on Linux RH8), > [Lots of stuff deleted...] > => I wanted a system that was low maintenance so I wanted some > =>automated features. The (now optional) reply informed you that if you > =>forwarded this to 'me@myserver' it would pass because of a signature in > =>the message and I would get an e-mail with subject 'REQUEST FRIEND > =>STATUS'. If I replied in the affirmative then the program would add > =>them to the list and they could send me mail. If a spammer actually put > =>their real e-mail address in the headers and they got the message and > =>forwarded it to me, I would just delete the message. If it became a > =>problem because they had the signature, I just change the signature in > =>the program. If they got smart, they could automate replies and spam me > =>anyway, but this is war! Isn't it? > => > => Another problem is that my program pops the server at 1 minute > =>intervals. My e-mail client pops the server at 15 minute intervals. > =>If my client pops the server in the period after the spam is sent but > =>before the despammer cleans the account then I get a little spam anyway. > =>It needs to be a proxy server. Anyway, it's been turned off for the > =>last two months because I've been looking for a job and I just didn't > =>want to mess with possible job offers being deleted. And I haven't been > =>advancing the work on the program during this time. > => > => There is probably an existing program like 'fetchmail' or > =>'SpamAssassin' (or maybe even qPopper) that could be set to this mode > =>but I just don't know of it. Anyone...? > => > => As someone mentioned earlier, the only effective way to stop spam is > =>to block it at a server. This is my attempt. I don't think there is > =>really a good solution yet. It should be illegal, like littering, and > =>spammers should be fined, but that would only work for US based > =>companies. What about countries that hate us? They probably pay people > =>to generate fake traffic. We need some real creative thinking and a > =>coordinated effort. > > Well Greg. I run sendmail-8.12.6 + spamassassin and almost all of my spam > is either filtered out or rejected outright by sendmail. There already > exist some good whitelist managers out there. They are not an alternative > for most people. You can do even better than I do by running milter > software on sendmail. > > -- > -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have > - > -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say > Organ > -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are > all- > -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? > steveo@syslang.net > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
