On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:27:59 -0700
Bob Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Earthlink has the "Spaminator" which does a very good job of >
> blocking spam (and not mailing lists). Email-bourne viruses would be
> very easy to block too, but they don't do that. Go
I front all my lists with TMDA, a MIME stripper, and then a quick check
for message size before dropping into the moderation queue (my lists are
moderated for other reasons). Mail from non-subscribers gets held by
TMDA until they confirm their address onto the whitelist. Mail from
subscribers or those on the whitelist goes straight thru to the MIME
stripper. Messages which are too short after MIME stripping are
discarded, the rest are handed onto the list server (for moderation).
Each of the lists gets somewhere between 50 and 80 spam or virus emails
per day. In the last year:
-- __NO__ spam, not one, has gotten thru to the list moderation
interface (the lists are hand moderated)
-- Precisely 4 virus messages (castrated by the MIME stripper) have
made it thru to the moderation interface. None had an active payload
remaining.
The TMDA spool for the last few hours of today looks like:
[ ] 1045801519.16295.msg Christine re: cable?
[ ] 1045803443.20390.msg Dr. Alberts News Update - New Anti Aging fo
[ ] 1045804499.21410.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] RMortgage Rates
[ ] 1045804502.21426.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] RMortgage Rates
[ ] 1045819387.1249.msg Monroe Lose we1ght, feel better, and reduce signs of a
[ ] 1045822457.2814.msg ckdhgraciela Fw: 2003 has started - help eliminate s
[ ] 1045822939.3116.msg PITBOSS $200 FREE CASH AT SAVOIA INN CASINO !
[ ] 1045822940.3123.msg PITBOSS $200 FREE CASH AT SAVOIA INN CASINO !
[ ] 1045822942.3131.msg PITBOSS $200 FREE CASH AT SAVOIA INN CASINO !
[ ] 1045831249.7654.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually reverse a g i
[ ] 1045831251.7667.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually reverse a g i
[ ] 1045841388.13615.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] D e p r e s s e d?
[ ] 1045841390.13628.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] D e p r e s s e d?
[ ] 1045844030.15183.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Husband's away...Lonely housewi
[ ] 1045844032.15197.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Husband's away...Lonely housewi
[ ] 1045856537.23312.msg Brooke Briggs Need A Hot, Discrete, Single Fr
[ ] 1045861394.9085.msg VICTOR IKE BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
[ ] 1045865658.13137.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet job!
[ ] 1045888569.14315.msg Jules Norton wapt rolicy
[ ] 1045888571.14328.msg Jules Norton wapt rolicy
[ ] 1045892721.17421.msg postmaster Returned mail--"look,my beautif
[ ] 1045904815.1758.msg Mavis Holt Credit problems?
[ ] 1045904817.1771.msg Mavis Holt Credit problems?
[ ] 1045915063.10184.msg Anna Koornikova Teen beauty queens with no mora
[ ] 1045916363.11412.msg Britney Speares Teen beauty queens with no mora
[ ] 1045917829.12723.msg Letitia !#! COPY ANY DVD TO CD !#!
[ ] 1045923594.17319.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Safely F e e l
[ ] 1045923596.17332.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Safely F e e l
[ ] 1045924480.18127.msg Alyce Haglund This site lets you order foreig
[ ] 1045940126.2893.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great oportunites!
[ ] 1045944479.15321.msg GE RE: [MUD-Dev] Protecting the Player's S
[ ] 1045956857.9071.msg Adam Re: workload simulation (was: Re: [MUD-Dev] MMO
[ ] 1045958631.11220.msg Ghost GhostMessage....the newest technology i
[ ] 1045958661.11247.msg Ghost GhostMessage....the newest technology i
[ ] 1045969592.21905.msg Rebekah Caudill injectifn procurement
[ ] 1045969594.21919.msg Rebekah Caudill injectifn procurement
[ ] 1045972584.24863.msg Evgenia -Looking for a good man
[ ] 1045988009.14655.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is what you have b
[ ] 1045988049.14734.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been waiti
[ ] 1045988939.22947.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] DELIVERY FAILUR
listed in public Name & Address Book
[ ] 1045995652.28746.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are You O v e
[ ] 1045995654.28759.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are You O v e
[ ] 1045995689.28790.msg AddiscoLearning Mailer AddiscoLearning Error!
[ ] 1045995690.28797.msg AddiscoLearning Mailer AddiscoLearning Error!
[ ] 1045996329.29679.msg megAisha Check me out, I saw you today.
[ ] 1045996330.29687.msg megAisha Check me out, I saw you today.
[ ] 1045997854.31125.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] iread, LIVE FROM WALL S
[ ] 1046001857.2259.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Financial Freedom For NOW - Wor
[ ] 1046003380.3553.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Financial Freedom For NOW - Wor
[ ] 1046012413.11160.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Sample
[ ] 1046012426.11202.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Here is that sample
[ ] 1046022111.20134.msg Jenna Softly A refreshing facial makes me wi
[ ] 1046029458.26857.msg Dr. Perry News Update - New Anti Aging fo
[ ] 1046034875.32447.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] look great
[ ] 1046034876.32470.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] feel great
[ ] 1046034876.32471.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] feel better
[ ] 1046034876.32472.msg [EMAIL PROTECTED] look great
So far, in the last year, only four on-topic messages have been held by
TMDA that haven't been confirmed by their authors (and in one of those
cases he resent from a subscribed address without any action on my
part). Not a bad record for no attention required from me.
FWLIW 1045956857.9071.msg above was confirmed thru by the author.
Not bad at all. You can find my scripts and recipes in the Mailman user
FAQ.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
