Optimizing Anti-Spam

[Shawn Iverson]

Supposedly postscreen is supposed to be better, although I still use
postgrey.  Don't want to use both at the same time, though!

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Jason Waters <jason at geeknocity.com> wrote:

> Would you prefer postscreen or postgrey?
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Shawn Iverson <
> iversons at rushville.k12.in.us> wrote:
>
>> Or use postscreen
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Jason Waters <jason at geeknocity.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Also using grey listing will help a lot.  You don't get your mail as
>>> "instant" but it really does cut spam down.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Miguel van Loon <
>>> m.van.loon at ictvanloon.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi dear,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suggest to use razor, pyzor and dcc.
>>>>
>>>> Into a combination of these three, your spam will be counting down
>>>> immediately! J
>>>>
>>>> I use them on my own system and I’m very happy with it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Miguel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Van:* MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+m.van.loon=ictvanloo
>>>> n.nl at lists.mailscanner.info] *Namens *Danita Zanre
>>>> *Verzonden:* woensdag 4 januari 2017 17:51
>>>> *Aan:* mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>> *Onderwerp:* Optimizing Anti-Spam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all!  It’s been years since I’ve implemented something like
>>>> Mailscanner as part of an anti-spam system, but I’ve used various Linux
>>>> based systems like Maia Mailguard in the distant past.  I've used
>>>> appliances for quite awhile, but for various reasons have now chosen
>>>> Mailscanner for the task.  Right now I’m training and tweaking things on a
>>>> smaller subset domain rather than flipping the switch for my entire
>>>> system.  I’ve only been running for about 5 days or so.  I’m training the
>>>> bayes database multiple times a day with both spam and ham, and
>>>> Spamassassin is now active, but I have a lot of what I consider “obvious”
>>>> spam leaking through - vulgar words in the subject, sexual content, etc.
>>>> While my users will forgive marketing and general “junk”, they will be less
>>>> forgiving of these things ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I’m doing some research on the best settings to optimize.  I used to
>>>> use things like Razor, DCC, selective greylisting, custom rule sets.  I
>>>> imagine that these things have changed a lot in the past 10 years.  Can you
>>>> give me some ideas on some optimizations you use to tighten things up?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Danita Zanrè*, *Move Out of the Office*
>>>>
>>>> I love my job, and you can too!
>>>>
>>>> Tel: (720) 319-7530 - Caledonia Network Consulting
>>>>
>>>> Tel: (720) 319-8240 - Move Out of the Office
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Shawn Iverson
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Rush County Schools
765-932-3901 x271
iversons at rushville.k12.in.us
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