How do I set up Sendmail to reject email with a high score or forward email
to a local mailbox if it is within a certain range of score?
I am a sendmail n00b, and so far my google searches haven't gotten me too
far.
-Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "David B Funk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mike Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [SAtalk] Autodeleting spam based on score without
deleting all spam
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Mike Carlson wrote:
>
> > I am trying to figure out a way to do something similar.
> >
> > I have it setup to use 5.5 as the minimum score. If it scores between
5.5
> > and 10 it goes to the recipient as flagged spam, if it is between 10 and
15
> > it would get flagged and forwarded to another mailbox on the local
server
> > (this is an SMTP gateway box), if it is above 15 it gets sent to
/dev/null
> > or something.
> >
> > The scores will probably need to be tweaked a bit, but having it sent to
> > different places based on scores would be ideal.
> >
> > Anyone use this setup with FreeBSD/Sendmail/spamass-milter?
> >
> > -Mike
>
> Mike,
> Don't /dev/null the spam, reject it. Unlike the procmail/qmail/posfix-ites
> you have the tools that enable you to "Do the right thing"(tm).
> With SA+milter+sendmail on your incoming gateway you can give an SMTP
> reject status to an attempt to hand you spam (or other nastygrams).
>
> This is the right thing to do because:
> In the case of a legitimate message that, by some fluke, happens to score
> strongly as spam it will get back to the sender rather than dissapearing
> into the void.
> In the case of real spam, unlike a 'bounce' or return to sender, the
> reject will -not- send it to some innocent bystander but will leave the
> spamhaus holding the bag of garbage.
> In the case of some fool who has an open relay that spammers are
> abusing, it will pile up on his machine and hopefully give him a clue
> that there's something wrong with his system.
>
> --
> Dave Funk University of Iowa
> <dbfunk (at) engineering.uiowa.edu> College of Engineering
> 319/335-5751 FAX: 319/384-0549 1256 Seamans Center
> Sys_admin/Postmaster/cell_admin Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
> #include <std_disclaimer.h>
> Better is not better, 'standard' is better. B{
>
>
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