RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] POP3 Account Question

[John Carter]

What is the best way to get a spam trap going.  I have an old "abandoned" email account that I just use for testing. It gets some spam now, but a low volume. However, 100% of the mail is spam. It would be very easy to filter and keep the non-Sniff'd mail and delete the remainder.

 

Should I use it to sign up at some junkmail sites, kind of "seeding" the account to encourage spam to it?

 

John C

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 4:11 PM
To: Colbeck, Andrew
Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] POP3 Account Question

On Monday, December 5, 2005, 3:33:33 PM, Andrew wrote:

>	I had the same question, but more specifically:   Is is helpful for sniffer trap (spam and user trap) submissions to skip, or to include messages on which sniffer already hits.

It's best for those messages to be removed. The trap-bot will remove anything that matches SNF on it's way in.

>	I imagine that all trap hits are useful, and that duplicate submissions reinforce the rule strength for a given hit when we submit spam that is already detected...

It is true that if the Trap-Bot filters a message the rules get extra hits, however the best way to get at that data is from your reported logs. This way the Trap-Bots spend all of their time on new things.

Thanks,

_M

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