Going slightly off-topic, how do you use the messages collected in spamtraps? I understand the concept -- mail received at the spamtrap address is guaranteed to be unsolicited advertising -- but how do you translate this information to filters at the mail server for the future benefit of legitimate addresses?
FYI, I employ Declude Anti-Spam. Realizing from your advice that I can so easily create a spamtrap, I am now interested in incorporating one into my Declude configuration, assuming that's how it would work. Thank you all for the helpful replies! Dave Pete McNeil wrote: > > You are not overreacting. > The "nobody" alias is one of the better ways to create new spamtraps. > Turn it on for a while and magical new addresses start to receive email. > Collect the names from the logs, set them up as spamtrap aliases, and > turn off the nobody - instant targeted spamtraps for that domain. > > If you don't want to have that effect... I highly recommend you don't > turn on the nobody alias. > > -- a more practical reason not to turn on the nobody is that it delays > the time before the sender realizes they've got the wrong address. > Sometimes the recipient doesn't even realize it's wrong - and that leads > to problems later on --- > > Hope this helps, > _M > > Pete McNeil (Madscientist) > President, MicroNeil Research Corporation > Chief Sortmonster (www.sortmonster.com) > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >David Delbridge > >Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:07 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [IMail Forum] Catch-All Mailbox Caveats > > > > > >Hi all, > > > >What are the real-world caveats of offering "catch-all" > >mailboxes (a.k.a. "nobody" aliases in IMail)? > > > >A hosting provider, I have long denied this service to our > >customers for fear of spammers inundating our mail servers > >with fabricated addresses culled from a name dictionary. > >Furthermore, I fear that when those spammers do not receive a > >"No Such User" error, they will catalogue the bogus addresses > >as "legit," share it with other spammers, and forever send > >thousands (millions?) of mis-addressed messages to a domain > >that has long since disabled the catch-all feature. > > > >Am I overreacting? > > > >Any input is appreciated. > > > >Dave > > > >-- > > > >David M. Delbridge > >Circa 3000 > >ColdFusion Hosting > >http://www.circa3k.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >List Archive: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%>40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > >Knowledge Base/FAQ: > >http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ -- David M. Delbridge Circa 3000 ColdFusion Hosting http://www.circa3k.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
