hi ralf,
begin: Ralf G. R. Bergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:40:56 -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> It would work -- but usually Exim already includes the tcpd stuff, so that
> Exim *automagically* uses /etc/hosts.(allow,deny). You don't need to prefix
> the inetd.conf line with "tcpd".
oh, that's very cool to know. thanks! :)
> But note that this is only of limited use -- spammers change IP addresses and
> SMTP relays often, so blocking them doesn't give you any benefits. You might
> even block legitimate messages from being delivered!
i know -- but there are some very persistant spammers, and letters /
complaints don't seem to help.
for instance, 1800flowers.com is absolutely relentless. i've done
everything, including reporting them to maps rbl. i'm a pretty experienced
spam combatter, so i'm aware of the issues.
> Better have a look at procmail (Debian package available.) This allows you to
> filter messages by their (header and body) contents -- probably more what you
> want than the above.
i currently use procmail, but only to sort my mail, not to filter it. i
probably should get one of these procmail spammer lists that people collect
these days. just haven't gotten around to it.
pete
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