Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-12 Thread Michael Peddemors
+1, and while you SHOULD try to block before DATA when you can, to reduce loads on servers, and not tie up the SMTP connections any longer than you need, for rules bases on content, it is perfectly well to send a 5XX after data, and while there may be still some 'broken' MTA's and clients that

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Adi Pircalabu
First thing first, this isn't necessary a Dovecot related thread and using a challenge-response system like the one suggested by the initiator ("click here if you're not yet another bloody SEO guru") is plain wrong for several reasons, having said that: On 12-06-2020 11:56, Andreas Born wrote:

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Andreas Born
Am 12.06.2020 um 04:43 schrieb Ralph Seichter: * Andreas Born: I meant the different stages when receiving mails over SMTP [...] I am well aware of the technical details of SMTP. Your comment is unclear to me because the OP did not make any limitations on when he wants to counter spam, so why

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Andreas Born
Am 12.06.2020 um 04:43 schrieb Adi Pircalabu: First thing first, this isn't necessary a Dovecot related thread and yeah, and i'm sorry for that. Just thought to give some information on an issue that actually turns out to be completely out-dated. using a challenge-response system like the o

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Andreas Born
Am 12.06.2020 um 04:28 schrieb Joseph Tam: On Fri, 12 Jun 2020, Andreas Born wrote: Maybe, and I really hope so, this problem no longer exists. I will immediately reconfigure my mail system, if rejecting mails after DATA will be safe and reliable nowadays. In particular, bots don't hang aro

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Andreas Born: > I meant the different stages when receiving mails over SMTP [...] I am well aware of the technical details of SMTP. Your comment is unclear to me because the OP did not make any limitations on when he wants to counter spam, so why would we artificially limit ourselves in this di

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Joseph Tam
On Fri, 12 Jun 2020, Andreas Born wrote: Maybe, and I really hope so, this problem no longer exists. I will immediately reconfigure my mail system, if rejecting mails after DATA will be safe and reliable nowadays. In particular, bots don't hang around for the DATA response. Any MTA that igno

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Andreas Born
Am 12.06.2020 um 02:03 schrieb Ralph Seichter: * Andreas Born: There exists one problem: at this stage of mail reception you have no body content nor header information on which a milter may perform deeper analysis, only envelope data. I am not sure what you mean by "this stage of mail recept

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Andreas Born: > There exists one problem: at this stage of mail reception you have no > body content nor header information on which a milter may perform > deeper analysis, only envelope data. I am not sure what you mean by "this stage of mail reception", or what software you are using that may

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Andreas Born
Am 11.06.2020 um 19:15 schrieb Ralph Seichter: Generating backscatter is definitely not a good move, and it is even prone to punish yourself. Better to reject the offending message with a 5xx status code and some explanatory text or the URL. The various tests required to come to a decision about

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
On 2020-06-11 16:58, Richard Siddall wrote: This seems similar to the long-dead Active Spam Killer (https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Active_Spam_Killer) with updates for GDPR. http://www.paganini.net/ask/ dead projects

RE: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Marc Roos
> Wrong mailing list. You need to ask on the list for the MTA you are > using (Sendmail, Postfix, &c). Yes will ask soon at sendmail. > Actually, this sounds like a job for a custom milter, which would look > at the domain name of the sending system, and reject the mail with your >

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread @lbutlr
On 11 Jun 2020, at 03:54, Marc Roos wrote: > Yes tell that to the people that create rhel6, rhel7 and rhel8 and give > lts support. Please post only properly quoted messages and do not top post. > SpamAssassin 3.3.1 is also not very smart in 2020 Also, do not run old versions of Spamassasin.

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread @lbutlr
On 11 Jun 2020, at 04:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I use greylisting with my postfix. On Debian and Devuan th package is > called 'postgrey'. As was recently discussed on the postfix list, this WILL result in lost mail, and it WILL screw with "enter this validation code" emails sent to users who

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Marc Roos: > 3. system recognizes as this email never been seen before > 4. auto reply with something like (maybe with a wait time of x hours): >Your message did not receive the final recipient. You are sending >from a known spam provider Generating backscatter is definitely not a good

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Hendrik Boom: > I use greylisting with my postfix. On Debian and Devuan th package is > called 'postgrey'. Classical, time-based greylisting like Postgrey is problematic in this age of 2FA and other email-based confirmation codes. Besides, Postfix has its own, superior mechanism called "Postscr

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 11.06.2020 um 16:58 schrieb Richard Siddall: Marc Roos wrote: I am sick of this gmail spam. Does anyone know a solution where I can do something like this: 1. received email from adcpni...@gmail.com 2. system recognizes this email address has been 'whitelisted', continue with 7. 3. system

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Richard Siddall
Marc Roos wrote: I am sick of this gmail spam. Does anyone know a solution where I can do something like this: 1. received email from adcpni...@gmail.com 2. system recognizes this email address has been 'whitelisted', continue with 7. 3. system recognizes as this email never been seen before 4

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Stephen Satchell
Wrong mailing list. You need to ask on the list for the MTA you are using (Sendmail, Postfix, &c). Actually, this sounds like a job for a custom milter, which would look at the domain name of the sending system, and reject the mail with your message. Dunno if there is one that works exactly

RE: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Marc Roos
>> Yes tell that to the people that create rhel6, rhel7 and rhel8 and give >> lts support. > >as said that has nothing to do with your wrong training and RHEL has >always the same problem: you can't package the latest and greatest shit >over 10 years because it requrires newer versions

RE: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Marc Roos
Yes thanks, I know, however the criteria for putting emails into this procedure is a different subject. Just wondered what people are doing. -Original Message- To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: handling spam from gmail. On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:19:50AM +0200, Marc Roos wrote

Re: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:19:50AM +0200, Marc Roos wrote: > > > I am sick of this gmail spam. Does anyone know a solution where I can do > something like this: > > 1. received email from adcpni...@gmail.com > 2. system recognizes this email address has been 'whitelisted', continue > with 7. >

RE: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Marc Roos
; dovecot; lists; users Subject: Re: handling spam from gmail. Am 11.06.20 um 11:04 schrieb Marc Roos: > I have got lots of shit coming from *.google.com like these: > > X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 because you are too dumb to train your bayes give me one suc

RE: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Marc Roos
Your logics sucks. There is a difference between how email works and how spamassassin works. You are assuming that everyone in the world is using spamassassin by including it in 'how email works'. Maybe you like to post a link to your bayes files Am 11.06.20 um 11:13 schrieb Marc Roos: >

RE: handling spam from gmail.

2020-06-11 Thread Marc Roos
...@thelounge.net] Sent: donderdag 11 juni 2020 10:25 To: Marc Roos; dovecot; users Subject: Re: handling spam from gmail. Am 11.06.20 um 10:19 schrieb Marc Roos: > I am sick of this gmail spam. Does anyone know a solution where I can > do something like this: > > 1. received email