foreign spam

[Julian Field]

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Just use the default set that SpamAssassin uses. If you are using the 
"Spam List" setting in MailScanner.conf, don't put more than one or two 
in there as it will slow things down (unless of course you use that to 
avoid running SpamAssassin completely on messages in those RBLs). Many 
people advise not using that setting at all, just let SpamAssassin do 
all that processing for you as it produces better results. I really 
don't mind if you don't use every feature I have ever written :-)

Personally, I use
    Spam List = ORDB-RBL SBL+XBL

The "should I use Spam List or shouldn't I" debate has been played out 
many times. If you trust an RBL (such as SBL+XBL), you can use that to 
avoid running SpamAssassin completely on quite a few of your messages. 
Which saves you quite a lot of time. But if you are deleting any spam 
matching an RBL, you might as well do it in the MTA and stop the message 
ever coming in at all.

Hourses for courses :-)

Jules.

Dave wrote:

> Secondly, what spamlists are the best? I know there's a lot of them, 
> which ones catch the most, i'm looking for free ones with good 
> reputations.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele Neylon :: Blacknight 
> Solutions" <michele at BLACKNIGHT.IE>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: foreign spam
>
>
>> Dave <> said on 20 October 2005 14:37:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>     I've got a recurring issue. I'm getting spam that's foreign, has
>>> unusual symbols in the from, subject, and don't even try to open it.
>>> I'd like to get rid of this, it's definitely not english, i don't
>>> know what it is. I'm also seeing issues where spam should have been
>>> stopped but it was delivered. This box has been running freebsd,
>>> postfix, ms, and sa with all the ports up2date for quite a while, i'm
>>> not sure why i'm seeing this now and would love to stop it. Thanks.
>>> Dave.
>>>
>>
>> Are you using any custom SA rules?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mr Michele Neylon
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