----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Meredith" <mike.meredith@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [exim] New To Exim need Anti-spam help
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:08:15 +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
>> On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 08:56:17PM -0700, John Johnson wrote:
>> > Hi, I am new to Exim I have been a qmail user for a long time and I see
>> > that the Exim ACL's are very good and I can do a lot. What I would
>> > like
>> > to do is stop spam that is addressed to my to from me, we really know
>> > it's not me but I need to make exim know this so I can stop this spam
>
> deny condition = ${if eq {$sender_address}{$local_part@$domain}{yes}{no}}
> hosts = !+relay_hosts
> message = We do not accept mail where sender equals recipient
>
> And strangely enough, it doesn't block mailing list mail! It's also not a
> particularly good anti-spam measure.
Where in the exim config would this go? You will have to excuse me I am
very new to exim, qmail never had a config like this :)
>> Here's a tip on SPF: it's fundamentally broken, and you don't want to use
>> it for anything.
>
> That's a matter of opinion. However, there's very effective anti-spam
> measures in checking HELO/EHLO parameters, etc. Do the simple stuff first.
>
>> http://slett.net/spam-filtering-for-mx/ is a very good read, and you
Thanks very much, I will check EVERYTHING I can spf I know has it's
supporters
and I just wanted to look into it more.
-John
