Subj : Re: email.can additions
To   : Frank Vest
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 05:38 pm

  Re: Re: email.can additions
  By: Frank Vest to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri Sep 23 2005 01:05 am

 > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 > 
 > Time Warrior wrote:
 > > It's just ashame that so few people are contributing with the increase in
 > > Synchronet Sysops i've seen in the scene lately. I think they get spam
 > > sometimes too, so as i've said -- if 50 Sysops gave me 100 entries a month
 > > that would be 500 entries (i've used other similar but not exact examples)
 > >
 > > It doesn't take too much effort to go through your crap / bulk / whatever
 > > folder that people have allocated for directing undesired emails. It's not
 > > like anyone expects anyone else to wade through all that in one sitting
 > > either. A couple entries here and a couple entries there would be a sizabl
 > > list by the end of a month.
 > 
 > My ISP is sbcglobal. I have a bulk folder that is accessible through
 > their web interface. Were I to go through that folder, I would be better
 > to simply list *.* and be done. :) I'd about bet that I have some 1000
 > or more bulk or spam messages waiting there now and I have the "auto
 > delete" set to 10 days.
 > 
 > > I wish more Sysops were *serious* about getting a handle on the spam probl
 > 
 > I'm serious, but it's a losing battle. All that can be done is to
 > continue to list bad addys until all known combinations of letters and
 > numbers are used. Then e-mail will become totally useless instead of
 > mostly useless.
 > 
 > As it is, and with the email.can file and blacklist servers, I can keep
 > my spam down to just a few a day on the BBS server.
 > 
 > I would like to know/understand how the filter works. I still receive
 > spam messages from "@optonline.com" even though the domain is in the
 > email.can file. :(

You need to specify "*@optonline.com" if you wish to filter all e-mail
addresses from that domain.

Personally, I think filtering *strictly* on SMTP server addresses, mail
envelopes, or mail header content is not very effective. The body of the
message must be included in the filtering process for it to be truly effective
and this is were utilities like POPfile come into play.

                                                  digital man

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