Re: [exim] Spam and maillinglists

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Author: Andy Smith
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Spam and maillinglists
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:36:22PM +0200, Stian Jordet wrote:
> I wonder what people do when they get spam from maillinglists. I usually
> reject it at SMTP time, but then several maillinglists unsubsribe you.


Yes, this is quite annoying, especially to have to explain to users
who don't understand it.

> Especially linux-kernel does that. Should I just drop spam from
> maillinglists, or should I just accept it and keep it?


If a mail is determined to be spam/virus at DATA time and has
headers like:

Precedence: list
List-Id:

then I just accept it and file it away in the spam directory.

Cheers,
Andy