Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Martin Treusch von Buttlar proclaimed on mutt-users that:
>
> > There is a tool called blcheck, which can be used as a procmail-filter,
> > and it can use any DNS-RBL you like. I works great for me and you don't
> > even need to pester your BOFH to enable this.
>
> Like I said, spambouncer and walt dnes' spamdunk both have this capablity.
>
> I know about blcheck - and Steve Atkins ususally responds rather fast ... or
> you could post your note to news.admin.net-abuse.email / the
> spam-l<@>peach.ease.lsoft.com mailing lists, where this'd be more on-topic,
> and which Steve reads on a regular basis.
>
> > IIRC I patched it ligthly to work as a filter. Just ask for it and
> > I�ll post that, too. The author did not respond to me.
> > The URL for this is: http://www.samspade.org/w/blcheck/
>
> Only hassle is that procmailing to block spam is like shutting the stable
> _after_ the horse has bolted. You've already received the mail ... so any
> saving in cost is illusory at best (esp with a desktop linux box connected
> over ppp)
not if you run procmail on the other side of the modem
before popping the mail to the local host.
> MTA blocks are far better ....
and it only takes one line in sendmail.cf :)
raf
