Skilled spammers

Mike Kercher mike at CAMAROSS.NET
Fri Sep 6 15:38:39 IST 2002


I block mine at the MTA (sendmail) so the SMTP connection is dropped and the junk never even makes it to MS.

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Subject: Re: Skilled spammers


On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 09:56, Mike Kercher wrote:
> Are you using any of the dnsbl's?  I use spamcop, osirusoft and ordb and very few sneak through.  I use the dns zones at the MTA
and
> not in SA/MS
>
> Mike

Is that a better way to do it?  I'd like to have it blocked before it is
scanned (obviously).  I thought the MTA would block it after.


> Bruno
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Tom DuVally
Lead Sys. Programmer
CIS, Brown University



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