Hello, (only sending to the Debian ISP list). ---- Although the talk of email block lists was getting somewhat out of hand it is an extremely important subject.
If some good could come from talk on this subject I would be most happy. For now please lets stop looping Joe Jared and iAdvantage. We probably all do see the problem and already agree with at least one side of the issue. ---- Sorry that this is a bit Long. If it's not long enough you could read "Stopping Spam on Your Linux Box" By Suresh Ramasubramanian http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue66/suresh.html A Debian - ISP version of this article is what I am looking for. ---- What tools do we have in Debian to stop SPAM? This is in fact a general Linux problem, with so many tools to do almost the same things it is hard to keep up. Not to mention that some of the best ideas have poor implementations. Debian is getting a bit crufty isn't it? So back to the SPAM problem. I am getting so paranoid that I do not provide SMTP service to my customers!! And that is not enough, SPAMs are using URLs and reply addresses on my systems.. Could I stop spam going though i.e. out of my server? (limit number of sent mails from my (rouge) customer?) What can I do if only one of my 16000 customers is guilty of spam and and my hosts IP address ends up on some blocking lists? To stop spam coming in.. First thing, confirm correct DNS configuration of the source. From what I understand most spam comes from systems that have incorrect or no real DNS configuration. How do I do this, Woody, sendmail? Using blocking lists... I have customers all over the world so (that is on reason) I would not like to base my blocking on language or location. Filters for all my users can not be any kind of "shoot from the hip" system. A less efficient system that would allow all legitimate mail to come through would be my choice. Having a system where individual users could tailor the filtering would be excellent. Razor looks good. http://razor.sourceforge.net/ I would like to mark suspected spam to be flagged but not deleted. At the moment I would not be willing to trust any system to delete my mail for me. Are there mail readers with hooks to work with peer-cooperation filtering systems. Where is the short list of tools and some comparison of the quality and usability? HOWTOs on installation and configuration? What else can I do? Best Ragnar Gudmundsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
