[SAtalk] Patterns and load, progress???

[Brian Kerhin]

I've been working hard to build a network that stops spam from entering mail boxes, but I'm getting tired of what appears to be solutions to problems that don't need solving.   EXAMPLE: Message comes in that is 13 Megs (big attachment) -> message goes quickly through spamassassin, but sits in postfix's header and body check filters for 30 minutes? Question: Why even bother scanning something that big, no spammer has that much bandwidth to waste on one attempt, a setting would be nice to ignore spam on large messages.   EXAMPLE 2 - the worst We've gotten VERY good at blocking text messages, I get almost NON in my mail box, what I do get is the goofy subject line followed by the single gif or jpg image of nasty stuff people want you to buy, if that's not enough the drug companies come in there. Question: Why not filter more when message size is LOW and image content is there.   Can this be built into spamassassin or something else?  How are you all dealing with this?   Thanks, Brian