Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-11-11 Thread Robert Nicholson
In my case the rule is designed to catch UK recruiters who are always contacting me. This isn't the only way I trap spam obviously. Another thing I just realized is that this only looks for URI's in the email itself in order to determine if they reside in the UK. Something different from R

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-11-10 Thread hamann . w
>> >> Here's the solution I use >> >> loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URICountry >> >> uricountry URICOUNTRY_GB GB >> header URICOUNTRY_GB eval:check_uricountry('URICOUNTRY_GB') >> describeURICOUNTRY_GB Contains a URI hosted in GB >> tflags URICOUNTRY_

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-11-10 Thread Derek Harding
Benny Pedersen wrote: header URICOUNTRY_GB eval:check_uricountry('URICOUNTRY_GB') what if a spammer sends mails from another ip outside GB ? imho such rules only changes the problem, not solving it :( URICOUNTRY scores on spams that URIs hosted in a given country rather than spam tha

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-11-10 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Sat, November 11, 2006 02:31, Robert Nicholson wrote: > header URICOUNTRY_GB eval:check_uricountry('URICOUNTRY_GB') what if a spammer sends mails from another ip outside GB ? imho such rules only changes the problem, not solving it :( -- "This message was sent using 100% recycled spam mail

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-11-10 Thread Robert Nicholson
Here's the solution I use loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URICountry uricountry URICOUNTRY_GB GB header URICOUNTRY_GB eval:check_uricountry('URICOUNTRY_GB') describeURICOUNTRY_GB Contains a URI hosted in GB tflags URICOUNTRY_GB net score URICOUNTRY_G

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-09 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:50:33 -0400: > I agree that outright blocking based on dynamic IP range lists often > doesn't suite a particular organizations needs. I was just pointing out > that some people do rely on these lists, often blindly, and that anyone > who is aware

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:46:48 -0400: Still, when your ISP isn't responsive As Chris says you better move away from them then if you can. If you can't I'd really bother them day and night since I don't get what I paid for. My Over the years, for

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:46:48 -0400: > Still, when your ISP isn't responsive As Chris says you better move away from them then if you can. If you can't I'd really bother them day and night since I don't get what I paid for. My IP range was once listed at SORBS as well, t

RE: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Greg Allen
> -Original Message- > From: John D. Hardin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:33 PM > To: Greg Allen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache. Org > Subject: RE: is there a way to block email coming from > > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Greg Allen wr

RE: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread John D. Hardin
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Greg Allen wrote: > There are a lot of small businesses on these legitimate business > class DSL lines with fixed IP addresses (which they pay extra for) > who are very frequently incorrectly listed as "dynamic" IP > addresses. The vast majority of these small companies are NOT

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:18:11 -0400: Some even with T1s (probably quietly provisioned over DSL) that have IPs smack in the middle of static business DSL ranges that are listed in SORBS' dynamic list. Nevertheless, it's their ISP's fault and if they

RE: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Chris Santerre
Title: RE: is there a way to block email coming from > -Original Message- > From: Greg Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache. Org > Subject: RE: is there a way to block email coming from > > &g

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
John D. Hardin wrote on Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:41:38 -0700 (PDT): > The greatest drawback is that using the RBL within sendmail is an > all-or-nothing proposition. What if you *do* have legitimate > correspondents in those countries? You can still whitelist these in access.db. Kai -- Kai Schätzl

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Greg Allen wrote on Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:05:12 -0400: > They probably don't have a full time IT staff. They don't need one for getting unlisted. > There are a lot of small businesses on these legitimate business class DSL > lines with fixed IP addresses (which they pay extra for) who are very >

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:18:11 -0400: > Some even with T1s (probably quietly provisioned over > DSL) that have IPs smack in the middle of static business DSL ranges > that are listed in SORBS' dynamic list. Nevertheless, it's their ISP's fault and if they remain on the li

RE: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Gary W. Smith
mail. We on the other hand mark it up and pass it on. So my rant now is SORBS is starting to suck... > -Original Message- > From: Daryl C. W. O'Shea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache. Org > Subject: R

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 6/8/2006 12:05 AM, Greg Allen wrote: However, the ISP dynamic address tests *do* belong in the MTA RBL checks. The fraction of legitimate emails received from dynamic-IP hosts is vanishingly small compared to the tens or hundreds of thousands of compromised Windows boxen spewing spam and virus

RE: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Greg Allen
> > However, the ISP dynamic address tests *do* belong in the MTA RBL > checks. The fraction of legitimate emails received from dynamic-IP > hosts is vanishingly small compared to the tens or hundreds of > thousands of compromised Windows boxen spewing spam and viruses... > Sorry to poke in on th

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread John D. Hardin
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Steven W. Orr wrote: > On Wednesday, Jun 7th 2006 at 09:53 -0700, quoth John D. Hardin: > > =>On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Screaming Eagle wrote: > => > =>> country, other than USA? How would you look up the network block > =>> on country such as Romania, China, Taiwan,Thailand, Korea

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Wednesday, Jun 7th 2006 at 09:53 -0700, quoth John D. Hardin: =>On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Screaming Eagle wrote: => =>> country, other than USA? How would you look up the network block =>> on country such as Romania, China, Taiwan,Thailand, Korea, and so =>> on... => =>describe BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 Mail

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread John D. Hardin
You can also block specific ISPs, with varying degrees of reliability. For example: describe BL_COUNTRY_FR_2 Mail client in France header BL_COUNTRY_FR_2 eval:check_rbl('wanadoo-fr', 'wanadoo-fr.blackholes.us') scoreBL_COUNTRY_FR_2 0.5 tflags BL_COUNTRY_FR_2 net Wanadoo is a French ISP

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread John D. Hardin
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Screaming Eagle wrote: > Is BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 for all country? "Mail client in Taiwan" is an arg value? > If so, then this Synthax would be o.k: > describe BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 Mail client in Korea? Sorry, I assumed you were familiar with the syntax of rules in SA. > On 6/7/06, John

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Screaming Eagle
Is BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 for all country? "Mail client in Taiwan" is an arg value? If so, then this Synthax would be o.k: describe BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 Mail client in Korea? Thanks.On 6/7/06, John D. Hardin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Screaming Eagle wrote:> country, other than USA?  How

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Steve Thomas
> country, other than USA? How would you look up the network block on > country > such as Romania, China, Taiwan,Thailand, Korea, and so on... > > Thanks. Check out http://countries.nerd.dk/ and http://www.blackholes.us/

Re: is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread John D. Hardin
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Screaming Eagle wrote: > country, other than USA? How would you look up the network block > on country such as Romania, China, Taiwan,Thailand, Korea, and so > on... describe BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 Mail client in Taiwan header BL_COUNTRY_TW_1 eval:check_rbl('taiwan', 'tw.countries

is there a way to block email coming from

2006-06-07 Thread Screaming Eagle
country, other than USA?  How would you look up the network block on country such as Romania, China, Taiwan,Thailand, Korea, and so on... Thanks.