RE: [Mimedefang] blocking mail before getting to spamassassin

2006-02-15 Thread Cormack, Ken
Stephen Ford wrote: :snip: > I'd like to block some messages at the sendmail level > since that doesn't use much cpu/memory (I'd think most > zombie's, ratware, spoofing can be stopped here). :snip: If you use a sendmail.mc file from which to build your sendmail.cf, you'll find Phil McMahon's s

RE: [Mimedefang] blocking mail before getting to spamassassin

2006-02-15 Thread Dennis Wynne
1) Turn on the greet_pause function in sendmail - this will drop a fair number of spammers. You can bypass this for local or trusted boxes to avoid the delay. 2) Turn on needmailhelo - this will drop a few more 3) Use RBLs as was mentioned 4) If you have a finite number of users to service (as I

RE: [Mimedefang] blocking mail before getting to spamassassin

2006-02-15 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Stephen Ford wrote: > Can someone give me some pointers on > rejecting/dropping mail before it gets to > spamassassin? I'm running solaris 9, sendmail, > mimedefang and spamassassin. I'd like to block some > messages at the sendmail level since that doesn't use > much cpu/memory (I'd think most z