On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Marc Perkel wrote:
Marc Ferguson wrote:
Hi,
I'm a linux noob and a spam assassin noob so please reply in simplified
language. Thanks.
I saw on the wiki a trick to use fake mx records in order to weed out spam
(http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/OtherTricks). I'm using Evolution at
home and on my laptop and I have the spamassassin plugin so I'm constantly
clicking the "junk" icon. I have access to my shared web hosting account
and I sure do get TONS of spam. I'm a bit confused as to how to implement
it though. My web host uses WHM so my form looks something like this:
digitalalias.net <http://digitalalias.net> 14400 IN MX 0
digitalalias.net <http://digitalalias.net>
What is 14400, I'm guessing a port of some kind. Besides that the wiki
suggests that my first fake mx record should be set at 10, then my real mx
record at 20, and then another fake one at 30. Why is this since my
current mx record is set to 0?
fake0.example.com <http://fake0.example.com> 10
realmx.example.com <http://realmx.example.com> 20
fake1.example.com <http://fake1.example.com> 30
Hi Marc,
I'm the guy who invented the trick and yes it does work. I'm running it with
No you aren't.
more that 4000 domains and it gets rid of more than half my spam without
having to use spamassassin. I use SA too but it's very expensive to run and
anything that reduces it will cut your server load.
I'm also providing a public server to harvest fake MX info to help build my
blacklist. You can use this host for your fake high numbered MX. (Not a low
numbered MX though)
Que the spamvertising...
mail.yourdomain.com 10
tarbaby.junkemailfilter.com 20
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