Today I build a new Spam filter with latest release, I leave all default configuration except a few changes, for now seem to be doing better at blocking really spammy emails.
Thanks for all your help, On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:39 PM, John Hardin <jhar...@impsec.org> wrote: > On Tue, 1 Jul 2014, Martin Gregorie wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 15:37 -0500, Steve Bergman wrote: >> >>> >>> On 07/01/2014 03:29 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 2014-07-01 at 19:17 +0000, Jeremy McSpadden wrote: >>>> >>>>> No mention of RBLs or greylisting ... >>>>> >>>>> Quite. >>>> >>>> When my ISP switched on greylisting my mail immediately went from a >>>> spam:ham ratio of 80:20 to one of 20:80 >>>> >>> >>> But the variable delay, which is not under your control? >>> >> >> You're right: its not. >> >> My users complained loudly about that minority of mails which took an >>> hour to arrive. I had to turn it off. >>> >> >> I know what can happen, and also that those complaints can arise from a >> total misunderstanding of what e-mail is designed to do: that it is >> *not* an instant messaging medium but it is a reliable one despite >> delivering over sometimes flaky networks. IOW demanding instant e-mail >> delivery is quite unreasonable. >> > > +1 > > And if your business is predicated on instant e-mail you are setting > yourself up for pain. > > If it needs to be *instant*, have them visit a web page to enter service > requests. > > > -- > John Hardin KA7OHZ http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ > jhar...@impsec.org FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a jhar...@impsec.org > key: 0xB8732E79 -- 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the > constant victim of brutal attacks. -- Malcolm X (1964) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3 days until the 238th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence >
