O.T. question - how to deal with choicemail c/r spam

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

If there is *any* way of parsing *anything* on the message, let us know. 
Someone could write an MCP rule so you could probably quarantine (or 
just "get rid of") all that choicemail and other C/R crap.

Ken A wrote:
> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
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>> Ken A wrote:
>>> How do you all deal with this C/R stuff, when it's one of your customers
>>> using it?
>>>
>>> Choicemail is some kind of outlook plugin that bounces back all mail -
>>> doing the usual C/R thing - but directly from the MUA.
>>>
>>> I guess it's time to re-write the anti-spam policy one more time to rule
>>> out any kind of spam bouncing.
>>>
>>> How have you dealt with this? Do you filter outgoing mail that is from
>>> this sort of software (choicemail, mailwasher, etc..) ?
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>> MUA's are suposed to talk to the MTA's only. Anything else and the
>> firewall gets real cranky.
>>
> 
> good firewalls make good neighbors, yes.. I guess I didn't explain it 
> properly. choicemail is a plugin or add-on that simply auto-responds to 
> all email with a challenge that directs senders to a link on the 
> choicemail website. The mail goes out through the MTA (us). But this 
> this is a different architecture than other C/R systems that are 
> responsible for their own outgoing mail. Instead of a proxy, or a 
> separate MX that filters and does the C/R, WE ARE NOW sending this junk 
> out through our MTAs.
> 
> So, we're putting a stop to it, but I just wondered if anyone out there 
> had experienced the crossfire of choicemail or other crapware that auto 
> bounces everything or nearly everything, and what you did to deal with it.
> 
> Ken
> 
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>> Hugo.
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>> hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org               http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/
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>>     A: Yes.
>>     >Q: Are you sure?
>>     >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>     >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
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>> Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images.
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