Re: [SLL] TDMA [was: What are you using for spam control?]

[John Aldrich]

On Friday 18 December 2009, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
> 
> (b) Depends on humans to do something that can easily be implemented
>  with technology
> 
> 
>    This statement implies that Spam is a solved problem.  I use all the
> technologies you mentioned, and I still get ~40 spams per day.
> 
Then your settings aren't set high enough. Do you have a "catch-all" email 
address? If so, disable it. That'll cut your spam load by at least 90%. I 
used to receive all email to my domain, no matter what email address it was 
sent to. I used to get a ton of junk. Once I disabled the "global" 
function, my spam load dropped tremendously. Also, tweak your spam-assassin 
settings. I have mine set to block anything with a spam level >1 and I 
almost never get false-positives.