On 30 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at crynwr.com.
> I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> #Sorry, your message mentioned the phrase "AOL.COM" or the word "SEX".
> #This message cannot be delivered because we use the following filter
> #in our default delivery instructions:
> |bouncesaying "`cat .qmail`" egrep -i 'aol\.com|sex'
> ./Mailbox
Smart ass. :-)
I was thinking the same thing but wasn't sure how to say "I couldn't get
your email because you use the word sex."
This is a horrible kind of filtering. If I happen to be warning you of
something about aol.com or if I'm from Essex then I can't send you
email. Of course you can match on word-only matches by using -w in gnu
egrep (or egrep -i '(^|[^-a-z0-9])(aol\.com|sex)([^-a-z0-9]|$)' for
non-gnu egrep) but that's still too general.
It seems to me that blocking mail from known bad (or risky) hosts is a
much better way to block spam.
Cheers,
Vern
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