s�n, 2002-04-14 kl. 22:58 skrev Harald Welte: >> Can't you try it? I know about Exim, don't know about Sendmail or > The major problem with this is that the mailinglists are hosted at samba.org, > and none of the netfilter core team members has more than a regular user > account. So all I could do is ask the samba.org administrator to > install Spamasassin. > However, tuning+configuration of spamassasin would then be in his hands, > and I don't want to have any filtering system outside the control of the > netfilter core team on our mailinglists.
Agreed entirely: I wasn't aware of the mailing list structure. I appreciate that the costs of installing a dedicated server are prohibitive. > I am _very_ sensible to content-based filtering. It's a somewhat religious > issue and I don't even use content-based spam-filters on my personal email. As you say, this is a matter of principle. However, many instances/organisations are now forced to scan for viri and spam is simply an extension of this. Looking at the html code of some of the spam rejected on my machine, I see that it references runnable Java code that could be used for compromising the machine on which the browser is running. One of the spammers had a hidden PUT to register that the visitor used spam from [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the rest, thanks for the long and detailed answer. I'm glad you CCed your answer to the list; at least the others can see what is being done and that the concerns of the subscribers are being taken seriously. Best, Tony -- Tony Earnshaw e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.billy.demon.nl gpg public key: http://www.billy.demon.nl/tonni.armor Telefoon: (+31) (0)172 530428 Mobiel: (+31) (0)6 51153356 GPG Fingerprint = 3924 6BF8 A755 DE1A 4AD6 FA2B F7D7 6051 3BE7 B981 3BE7B981
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