On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Matt Tencati wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using SpamAssassin in a site-wide configuration and I've been investigating
> the
> concept of spamtraps. Basically those old email addresses that collect nothing but
> spam.
> I'm curious if most people setup a mailbox to handle this or if they add the
> addresses as
> rules in SpamAssassin so that any message that has one of those addresses added will
> be
> automatically tagged as spam and other recipients of the message will benefit.
[snip..]
> Matt
Spamtraps need to be used with care.
Auto-blacklisting everything in a spamtrap is probably a recipe for
disaster. Many spam have forged 'from:' addresses and thus not useful.
Imagine what would happen if your spamtrap received a spam that was
forged to be from -you-. ;(
It would be less risky to use your spamtrap as an auto-learn feed for
your bayes rule, but still not fool-proof. Some kinds of spam are not
good candidates for bayes, for example Nigerian scams. (they contain
large numbers of words that are used in 'normal' speech/communications).
There are good black-list and bayes fodder to be found in a spamtrap
when used with discretion.
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