> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
> Please advise us how to filter SPAM in our  Squirrel E-mail sccounts.
> Our Website (www.akkilaco-ltd.com) is still under construction and we
> are planning to publish by the end of this month, but we are already
> receiving SPAM in our e-mail for the last 2 months, we are just wondering
> who are doing these things when nobody knows our e-mail addresses exept
> our site and server administrators.

How many machines were infected by email viruses, worms or trojans? How
many had to be cleaned from some thing user got from web?

I have email address known only to some coworkers. It was never published
on the net. Used only for one-to-one personal messages. Address gets spams
for more than a year. Started getting spams after coworker got Sobig or
other related worm.

> Your immediate attention regarding this matter will be highly
> appreciated.

There are several tools that can reduce number of spam emails that reach
your mailbox.

1. Add RBL filtering in SMTP server.
It will disallow access to your server from known spammer addresses.

See FEATURE(dnsbl) in your email server's documentation.

spamhaus.org and cbl.abuseat.org provide basic RBL lists.

If you want more aggressive filtering, check njabl or sorbs blocklists.
These organizations provide dialup RBL lists that can filter most of
hijacked DSL hosts. There might be false positives in dialup lists and
user might need 48-72 hours to get off Sorbs list.

2. Use antivirus scanners. Check Amavis-new

3. Use email content scanners. Check SpamAssassin, Dspam or CRM114. If
SpamAssassin or Dspam stores user configuration in database, user settings
can be controlled in SquirrelMail sasql plugin.

4. Use Bayess filtering. Bayess is part of SpamAssassin. There is
SquirrelMail plugin that implements similar features.

5. Use TMDA.
Please note that TMDA only prevents unconfirmed email from reaching your
mailbox. It might be annoying to other email senders.

6. If you don't care about delay in email delivery, check greylisting tools.

--
Tomas


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