Spam slipping through

[Ken A]

Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> I'm not sure if this is a MailScanner problem or a SpamAssassin problem,
>> but someone here will at least be able to help me narrow it down.  I am
>> running MailScanner 4.57.6 on Suse Linux 10.1.  My MTA is Postfix 2.3.6
>> and I'm running SpamAssassin 3.1.7.
> 
> So you need more rules. Or make own rules. Spammers are getting smarter, 
> so also you need to do more ;)

Yeah, I'm finding myself spending more time adding and removing local 
rules than I'd like. Rules_du_jour and sa-update are good for trends in 
spam, and Bayes, Razor and DCC are helpful, but these blasts of easy to 
catch spam that don't hit many rules are a real PITA.

Spammers are succeeding when they can hit you hard and fast with some 
simple ascii and bayes poisoning junk. If you don't have a rule in place 
pretty quickly, you can see quite a few go through...

My approach is to make adding and removing rules as easy as possible, so 
that if I get a few "Re: now ..." in the subject (todays' flavor), I can 
quickly block them.

It still requires some banging on the keyboard. No point and click or 
telepathic solutions yet.. (patent pending...) .. heh heh..

Ken A.
Pacific.Net

> 
> Bye,
> Raymond.