Spam blocking (was Re: MySQL query [sic])

[Roger H. Goun]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 08:42:58AM -0500, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> As for other spam handling tools, I continue to be impressed with
> SpamCop (http://www.spamcop.net/).  I also use Emailias
> (http://www.emailias.com) a lot  (run by a friend of mine). 

In addition to experimenting with Bogofilter, I'm using SpamBouncer
<http://www.spambouncer.org/> with a fairly conservative set of
blocklists (including SpamCop's), and a distributed checksum system
called Vipul's Razor <http://razor.sourceforge.net/>. The biggest
problem with a rule-based filter like SpamBouncer, of course, is the
large number of false positives. Razor by itself catches 75% of my
spam, with almost no false positives.

> I've also thought about deploying a system like ASK
> (http://www.paganini.net/ask/) (or one of the other similar projects),
> but I still have some reservations about it   (some part of me would
> just prefer to help rid the world of spam (by complaining) rather than
> constructing an ASK-like firewall around my email system.  But there
> seems to be no shortage of spammers out there...

I don't use ASK and similar systems because they seem to me to be too
difficult for non-technical correspondents to handle.

-- Roger

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Roger H. Goun                  Brentwood Country Animal Hospital, P.C.
Chief Kennel Officer           Exeter, New Hampshire, USA