>By linking to the SpamCop RBL, I eliminated 110 spams yesterday >out of 7000 emails. I received 5. I do not implement SpamAssassin >and probably could have filtered at least half of the spam I received >with SpamAssassin.
At LEAST half the Spam! Probably more like 80% or more. It's a great idea to install mailscanner and spamassin by yourself because it FORCES you to learn the options. Belive me, I'm NO cobalt/linux guru and was leaning towards installing with a .pkg. I'm glad I didn't. I now have rulesets/options for treating spam on an individual site basis. Some sites just get tags to notify the end user while sites like my personal one sends this crap to the garbage where it belongs. End result, clients can decide for themselves what to filter while I go from 100+ spams/day to about 10. I'm thinking of even setting the low spam score to 4 instead of 5 as I see MANY spams come through with this score as if they run there crap through things like Spamassin to see what it scores (why not, I would), make adjustments to get the score down to 4 (or less) since a lot of sites recommend 5. Bottom line, you can't really deal with the SpamMonster by implementing just ONE solution. Also, this is the time to consider Virus protection as well. Block the MAJOR violaters at the gate with the cobalt reject, filter the viruses out, control the spam as best you can. You need a few tricks in your bag and even then those *jackarses* sneack a few by. Dave~ P.S. this may be a topic better suited for the users list as it fequently comes up for discussion... _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
