Re: [SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-11 Thread Malcolm V
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 10:38, Tony Green wrote: > On 10/12/2003, at 10:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does this sort of thing not exist? or is it not a good idea? > > > I do this with sendmail and spamass-milter [1]. I don't think it's a > great way of doing things, but it does work well on my b

Re: [SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-09 Thread mlh
You can get back at spammers by using tarpits which slow the connection down and thus tieing up their connection. (google for teergrube/tarpit) And you can help poison the spammers email harvesting, with tools like sugarplum. (freshmeat link since the home page seems to be down) http://freshmeat.

Re: [SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-09 Thread Alexander Samad
Just started to use exim4 with clamav, which kind of fits in here, i bounce virus email at the smtp data level (5xx). I was looking at also install the hook to spamassassin and blocking any thing that has say >15 point rating ! again at the smtp data level A On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:25:26AM +

Re: [SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-09 Thread Jeff Waugh
> One that accepts the incoming tcp port 25, and then does the checks in > realtime. Every modern MTA should do this, indeed, even decidedly unmodern MTAs do. ;) > ie: > EHLO; mail > send a 530 Access Denied and exit> > 250 myserver > MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > exit> > 250 Ok > MAIL T

Re: [SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-09 Thread Kevin Saenz
> I was wondering if it is possible, or even etiquette to have the following > spam filter: > One that accepts the incoming tcp port 25, and then does the checks in > realtime. > ie: > EHLO; mail > send a 530 Access Denied and exit> Yes it's possible, just means someone needs to update your ac

Re: [SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-09 Thread Tony Green
On 10/12/2003, at 10:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this sort of thing not exist? or is it not a good idea? I do this with sendmail and spamass-milter [1]. I don't think it's a great way of doing things, but it does work well on my box. I certainly would be weary of using it in production.

[SLUG] Spam Rejection During Connection

2003-12-09 Thread scott
Hi All, I was wondering if it is possible, or even etiquette to have the following spam filter: One that accepts the incoming tcp port 25, and then does the checks in realtime. ie: EHLO; mail 250 myserver MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 250 Ok MAIL TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 250 Ok DATA Then compa