Re: Spam filtering in Exim? Does it exist?

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Tom Samplonius
CC: Lyle Scully, exim-users
Subject: Re: Spam filtering in Exim? Does it exist?
} > Also I am wondering if there is a way to limit the # of recipients on a
} > message. Say user logs into the terminal server and fires off a spam with a
} > message having 1000 addresses in it. I would like to accept the message but
} > drop it from delivery. That way the spammer thinks it went out but didn't.
} > Is this sort of thing possible? I don't even know if it is possible with
} > Sendmail.
}
} You should never make mail disappear, because you could be trashing
} legit mail without realizing it.
}
} Exim has a "recipients_max" option. See the manual.

Maybe a better suggestion is to make a system filter file with a test on
recipient count. If this is too high then freeze the message and deal
with it manually.

    Nigel.


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