Re: [EXIM] Spam fighting that works

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Author: J.D. Falk
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To: Christian Dysthe, Exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Spam fighting that works
On 05/20/99, Christian Dysthe <cdysthe@???> wrote:

> It is really amazing to look in my possible_spam folder. It fills up
> quite quickly (with spam!). The only thing to be aware of is to place
> it AFTER filters dealing with mailing lists, or all those will en up as
> possible spam as well.


    Exactly -- and you have to keep track of those, and hope
    that your friends don't bcc you (since few if any MTA's
    include the Bcc: header when they transfer the message), and
    make sure you've got all your aliases in there, and so on.


    Plus, it does nothing to reduce the cost of spam; your server
    still has to accept it and process it.  Might give you a bit
    of temporary relief, though, except for the spammers who put
    your e-mail address in the headers.


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