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Author: Brian Elliott Finley
Date:  
To: Exim Users
Subject: [Exim] Spam spam spam spam
I have taken what I thought were reasonable spam prevention measures,
but am still getting a *lot* of spam. Most of the spammers explicitly
listed in the /etc/exim/blocked/senders file (shown below) are
successfully rejected, but certain ones continue to get through.

Most notorius is spam from the pm0.net domain. Here is an example
spam from pm0.net: http://thefinleys.com/pub/exim/spam-from-pm0.net

I can't tell how this spam is different from the others and why it gets
through. How do I block this particular spam sender?


I am using the following directives in my exim.conf file:

rbl_domains = rbl.mail-abuse.org/reject : \
              dialups.mail-abuse.org/reject : \
              relays.mail-abuse.org/reject


sender_reject =            partial-dbm;/etc/exim/blocked/senders.db
sender_reject_recipients = partial-dbm;/etc/exim/blocked/senders.db




My "/etc/exim/blocked/senders" file contains entries such as those
below, and I run "exim_dbmbuild senders senders.db" after I add entries
to the file:

FreeCellularPhone@???
HotDeals@???
InstantEbayWealth@???
K67537@???
LiftUpTraffic_rep@???
LowermyBills@???
MakeMoneyOnline@???
NPD@???
NationalBrands@???
Orbitz@???
Patriotic_44356@???
Processing@???
RCIT20011127@???
SandyFisher@???
Scholarships@???
SearchWebHosting.com@???
Solutions@???
vipsavers.10@???


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