+100 on greylisting. As soon as GFI offered Greylisting, I implemented it. We immediately saw a significant decrease in the amount of spam that was coming through. Now, most of the spam that consistently makes it through we find is due to the "admin" [1] who put in manual wildcard exclusions...the latest one I recently found? *@UPS.com (eyeroll)
[1] aforementioned "admin" is no longer employed by me. Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 10, 2011 5:35 PM, "Micheal Espinola Jr" <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you arent, I highly recommend implimenting greylisting prior to RBL > filtering. > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Bill Songstad <bsongs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I started using SpamCop and spamhaus a while ago to keep my spam filter >> from bursting into flames, and the results were fantastic, until recently >> when about 80 of Gmails servers wound up on SpamCops Block list. Sure the >> expire hourly if they stop spamming the spamtraps, but I'm missing 5-10 out >> of 100 emails from gmail that I'm aware of. Not good. >> >> My question: What block lists are you all using? Management says Spamcop >> has to go. Gmail is more important. But I really liked the sense of quite >> I got from running both blocklists. >> >> Thanks for any feedback, >> >> -Bill >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist >> > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
