Re: [exim] Bounce spam

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Author: John McMurray
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To: Felix Schwarz, Exim Mailing List
Subject: Re: [exim] Bounce spam
Hi Felix,

Thanks for the reply...

Yes, you're right, this is not so much exim related which is why I tried
searching for a few days first.

rspamd looks interesting. Do you use that in place of spamassassin?

Regards,

John

On 30/06/2016 09:28, Felix Schwarz wrote:
> Am 30.06.2016 um 08:40 schrieb John McMurray:
>> Below is an example. Is there anything I can do to prevent my users from
>> getting these? I've searched as much as I can but I don't seem to see anything
>> useful for this type of case. I might just be looking in the wrong places
>> (search terms).
> Well there are a few techniques like "bounce address tag validation" (BATV).
>
> In our setup we just use rspamd (with just 1-2 rule tweaks) and it works
> really well - all this "bounce-type" spam just gets filtered so I never
> bothered to add more specific rules.
>
> About 75% of our total spam volumes comes from dialup accounts or mail hosts
> without valid reverse dns. All of them are caught by DNSBLs or just the "NO
> HOSTNAME" rule.
>
> Either way I think this is not so much exim related so you might want to check
> out other anti-spam software (or maybe just a few additional rules) which can
> be used with Exim.
>
> Felix
>
>