Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965162AbWJBRfP (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:35:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965165AbWJBRfP (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:35:15 -0400 Received: from lanshark.nersc.gov ([128.55.16.114]:59271 "EHLO lanshark.nersc.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965162AbWJBRfN (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 13:35:13 -0400 Message-ID: <45214DC3.9090903@nersc.gov> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:34:59 -0700 From: Thomas Davis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matti Aarnio CC: Lee Revell , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Spam, bogofilter, etc References: <1159539793.7086.91.camel@mindpipe> <20061002100302.GS16047@mea-ext.zmailer.org> In-Reply-To: <20061002100302.GS16047@mea-ext.zmailer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 843 Lines: 24 Matti Aarnio wrote: > > I can do fairly easily "this address is allowed to post" type > filters at Majordomo - it has a way to specify allowed posters. > Usually it is used to permit list members to post, but it can > also be configured to use other datasets. > > Sounds like a version of greylisting. I know, people will argue against it - but it does work, and it still works. I use it on website I run, and it cuts 2k+ spams per day into about 50 that spamassassin has to process. Yes, there are broken mailers that cannot deal with it properly. They should fix their mailers.. thomas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/