Jari Fredriksson writes: > > I get a lot of spam on my servers which get detected by > > SA though are generated by innocent mail servers. > > > > We see a lot of mail users have insanely simple passwords > > , spammers are using these accounts and send spam. By the > > time the administrator realizes the server has sent > > 1000's of spam > > > > If spamassassin had an option to send abuse report to > > servers automatically and send mails to > > abuse@<server-admin> the moment the first sure spam comes > > in the admin could be warned before much damage has been > > done. Obviously we limit to only 1 or 2 reports in an > > hour to a particular id > > > > You could open a reporting account at SpamCop.net, and carefully redirect > certain spam messages to their service (via email). SpamCop then generates an > abuse report. > > After SpamCop receives your report, they send you (the configured email > address there) a confirmation mail, which has to be handled by you manually, > or by a robot (like spamcup). When confirmed, they send abuse-reports on your > behalf. > > If you want to automate this, it needs some scripting (and automating it may > be against SpamCop's policy), but it can be done. > > Automatic system works quite well, if you can be sure not to post false > positives there. > > Abuse reporting is not SA's job, but it's a job well done by SpamCop.net
in fact, SpamAssassin supports it using the Spamcop plugin. --j.
