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>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >David Delbridge >Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:43 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Catch-All Mailbox Caveats > > >Okay, I'll bite. Where's your website? > >Dave > >Pete McNeil wrote: >> >> Well, you _could_ review the messages captured by your spamtraps and >> create filters for them. >> >> <shameless plug> >> >> Or, if you were a Message Sniffer subscriber then you would simply >> point your spamtrap aliases at our inbound spam address for your >> system and we would create new filters for you. >> >> </shameless plug> >> >> If you were really, really slick you could even script something to >> collect statistics on the IP sources of the spam arrivals, compare >> those to the stats of the ham arrivals (normal email) and create a >> dynamic, local ip block list for your system... nah... that sounds >> like a lot of work. >> >> _M >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David >> >Delbridge >> >Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:06 PM >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Catch-All Mailbox Caveats >> > >> > >> >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. 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