On 2011-11-15 20.55, Raymond Lillard wrote: > On 11/14/2011 06:28 AM, James J. Lippard wrote: >> That is, my spamd.conf now looks like this: >> uatraps:\ >> :black:\ >> :msg="Your address %A has sent mail to a ualberta.ca spamtrap\n\ >> within the last 24 hours":\ >> :method=file:\ >> :file=/etc/mail/traplist.gz: > > I question the wisdom of identifying the source of > your trapping info. It outs ualberta.ca as a trap.
No, it doesn't. It might out University of Alberta as an organization that fights spam but there is nothing that says that the *domain* ualberta.ca itself contains any of the spam trap addresses. > Spammers who actually read (I know most don't) reply > messages will know to black list ualberta. Those > with infected machines who somehow might get see the > message need only know their machine is compromised. Spammers usually never get to see those messages, as they operate through compromised mail servers or pc:s and most likely use fake From: addresses anyway. > Knowing who trapped their spam does not enable the > owner of the compromised machine to do any thing > they wouldn't do anyhow. The still need to clean > up their machine. They won't get the messages either... Regards, /Benny -- internetlabbet.se / work: +46 8 551 124 80 / "Words must Benny Lofgren / mobile: +46 70 718 11 90 / be weighed, / fax: +46 8 551 124 89 / not counted." / email: benny -at- internetlabbet.se