Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

Jeff, The most annoying anti-spam method in the world. A sure-fire way to not get mail from anyone. If you get *no* e-mail, it follows that you don't get any *spam* e-mail as well... DSL -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

Adam, Any time a spam strategy is predictably imperfect, that is a specific type of spam gets through, you've essentially created a scenario in which you have a strong evolutionary selection towards that type of spam. And so the percentages will start to grow as more spammers use that

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

David Lloyd wrote: Jeff, The most annoying anti-spam method in the world. A sure-fire way to not get mail from anyone. If you get *no* e-mail, it follows that you don't get any *spam* e-mail as well... I'm unplugging my computer RIGHT N -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

On 08/11/06, Peter Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm unplugging my computer RIGHT N Wow, that's really cool. Can you teach me how to send an email character by character right up until the point that I pull the power? I wouldn't have to keep saving my multi page rants for fear of haning

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

Michael Brown wrote: On 08/11/06, Peter Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm unplugging my computer RIGHT N Wow, that's really cool. Can you teach me how to send an email character by character right up until the point that I pull the power? I wouldn't have to keep saving my multi page rants

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

* On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 12:24:00AM +, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The business gets some 500 spam / day. spamassassin gets about 300-400 (The spammers are getting really clever). I suggest you outsource your spam filtering to

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

Or just accept that your anti-spam setup is going to get x% of the spam, and beyond that you're better off putting your efforts into something else - like learning a decent mail client that allows you to quickly get rid of any spam that got thru... Did someone say mutt? Any time a spam strategy

[SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

Hi A customer has told me he has heard of this anti-spam technique. Will I implement it for them? Any body got any pointers for me please. Heck it would be a nice slug solution too: * You send me an email * If your address is in my white-database no further ado * If it is not in my DB I reject

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

On 2006.11.03 10:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi A customer has told me he has heard of this anti-spam technique. Will I implement it for them? Any body got any pointers for me please. Heck it would be a nice slug solution too: * You send me an email * If your address is in my white-database no

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] * If it is not in my DB I reject the mail, send you a reply explaining, with an attached obscure image of a number. The most annoying anti-spam method in the world. A sure-fire way to not get mail from anyone. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:48:10AM EST, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] * If it is not in my DB I reject the mail, send you a reply explaining, with an attached obscure image of a number. The most annoying anti-spam method in the world. A sure-fire way to not get mail from

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 07:29 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi A customer has told me he has heard of this anti-spam technique. Will I implement it for them? Any body got any pointers for me please. Heck it would be a nice slug solution too: ... I have a policy for this approach: I blacklist

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

$quoted_author = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Any body got any pointers for me please. Challenge-Response Anti-Spam Systems Considered Harmful http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/challenge-response.html cheers marty -- supine: From the Latin for lying on one's back, to be supine has come to mean

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

On Friday 03 November 2006 07:51, you wrote: A customer has told me he has heard of this anti-spam technique. Will I implement it for them? Any body got any pointers for me please. Heck it would be a nice slug solution too: * You send me an email * If your address is in my

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The business gets some 500 spam / day. spamassassin gets about 300-400 (The spammers are getting really clever). I suggest you outsource your spam filtering to someone who can better that rate, without you having to spend oodles of time

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

On 11/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi A customer has told me he has heard of this anti-spam technique. Will I implement it for them? Any body got any pointers for me please. Heck it would be a nice slug solution too: * You send me an email * If your address is in my

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

Martin Barry wrote: $quoted_author = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Any body got any pointers for me please. Challenge-Response Anti-Spam Systems Considered Harmful http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/challenge-response.html A significant percentage of the points against stem from the habit of

Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea

This one time, at band camp, Mikolaj Habryn wrote: doing the C-R offline, after the initial received delivery. Doing it in real-time and responding with a 5xx at SMTP delivery time ameliorates a chunk of them. So you're expecting lusers to trawl through the text of a bounce message and