Re: [exim] Thoughts on Razor?

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Autore: Christian Schmidt
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To: exim-users
Oggetto: Re: [exim] Thoughts on Razor?
Hello Marc,

Marc Sherman, 21.02.2005 (d.m.y):

> I know this is off-topic, but this list is frequented by a number of
> very anti-spam-savvy regulars, so I hope I don't offend too much. :)


OK, let's see... ;-)

> What's the general consensus on Razor as an anti-spam tool? Is it worth
> using and contributing to?


IMO it is.
Razor (Pyzor and Distributed Checksum Clearinhouse [DCC]) all work in
a similar way: Somewhere there is a database containing checksums of
probably several million mails.
Each time a contributor recognizes and reports spam to one of the
corresponnding databases, other participants get the chance to raise
their "spam-catching-rates".

All the necessary checks can be run by SpamAssassin which can be
called from exim - now we're on topic again. ;-))

Some time ago, I configured my server here at home to include the
razor and DCC checks, and IMO I could improve my rate of spam
detection.

But I'm not yet running any of the checks "in production"...

Yours,
Christian
-- 
Das ganze ist so offensichtlich infantil...
        -- Sigmund Freud