On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:05:12 -0000 "Giles Coochey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Those emails are Viruses, not Spam - why not get some Anti Virus > Software? 1) AV software generally costs money. 2) You wipe out over 90% of the virus threat with negligible FPs by rejecting all Windows executables. 3) Like it or not, SpamAssassin is often used as a general content filter and for some people it's easier to configure than procmail. 4) One could make the case that if spam is defined as unsolicited bulk mail, mail-borne viruses fit that description and ought to be filtered along with ads for enlarging your hot teen Vicodin mortgage. Personally, I drop Windows executable attachments at the MTA level. I can do this because my domain has very few users, the people I correspond with don't send me Windows executables, and if they wanted to, they're capable of zipping them up before mailing them to me. But I have control of my mail servers. Bumping up the score of MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE is a mostly painless way for end users to filter out that MS trash. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Brazee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 October 2003 14:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SAtalk] Newbie > > > My e-mail provider uses Spam Assassin. Lately I have been getting > about a thousand e-mails telling me to patch my Windows. I use > MailWasher to delete these, as if I leave on vacation my in box gets too > large for Outlook to handle. > > I let my provider know an they bumped Spam Assassin up to level 3, but > all this did was filter out good e-mail - I still get my offers to patch > Windows. So I checked with my provider and they told me: > > > You might try using the SpamAssassin configuration file maker > available > > at: > > > > http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php > > > > Once setting options.. either download, then upload the file to your > > server, or cut and paste it into > > > > /home/username/.spamassassin/user_prefs > > > I'm not sure how to do this, but first started reading the docs. This > language seems to be designed for someone with a completely different > programming background than I have (30 years mainframe CoBOL & > database). I was expecting to be able to add some simple rules, but it > appears that I have a big learning curve ahead of me to get rid of these > annoying spam/viruses. > > What is the best way to start my education? I expect to stop as soon > as I get this task completed. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. > Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open > Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new > features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. > Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open > Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new > features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > -- Bob Apthorpe ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
