Subj : Re: email.can additions
To   : Time Warrior
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 07:25 pm

  Re: Re: email.can additions
  By: Time Warrior to Digital Man on Thu Sep 22 2005 09:29 pm

 > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 > 
 >   To: Digital Man
 >   Re: Re: email.can additions
 >   By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Fri Sep 23 2005 01:27 am
 > 
 >  > To: Time Warrior
 >  > Re: Re: email.can additions By: Time Warrior to Frank Vest on Thu Sep
 >  > 22 2005 07:59 am
 > 
 >  >  > On another note, don't people like DM, Deuce and other developers here
 >  >  > similar lists of their own for themselves? If you do, would you mind s
 >  >  > :-)
 > 
 >  > By spamblock.cfg file is currently 3MB in size. I don't think anyone want
 >  > posting that here.
 > 
 > No, but something like: http://vert.synchro.net/spamblock.cfg.zip would be a
 > more than welcome sight to see in such a post :-)

Okay, get ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/spamblock.cfg (just copy it into
your ctrl directory, or append to your existing spamblock.cfg file if you have
one).

 >  > This file is automatically updated anytime I receive an e-mail for one of
 >  > addresses in my spambait.cfg file (which happens frequently).
 > 
 >  > I also use POPfile (http://popfile.sourceforge.net/), which uses bayesian
 >  > filters (similar to SpamAssasin) and public DNS blacklist servers.
 > 
 >  > Between these 3 anti-spam measures, I virtually *never* get spam in my in
 >  > and I don't have any need to manually update any *.can files.
 > 
 > Which is why I wish Synchronet had similar automation.

Huh? The automation I refered to above *is* in Synchronet. That's what the
SBBSCTRL:Mail->Edit->Spam Bait List menu option is used for (to create/edit
your spambait.cfg file), which in turn is used to automatically create/update
your ctrl/spamblock.cfg file.

 > However, Rome wasn't
 > built in a day. I'm sure you'll get around to it eventually. 

Around to what?

 > However for now
 > a link to a spamblock.cfg.zip type file that can be appended to the *.can
 > file Synchronet uses would be quite nice :-)

Um.. spamblock.cfg support is built-in to Synchronet (that's what the
SBBSCTRL:Mail->Edit->Spam Block List menu option is for). You don't need to use
the *.can files at all.

 > You already have "network twit filter" ability on your "to-do" list so i
 > think Sysop defined syndication of the rest of the Synchronet filters could
 > be *easily* implimented into that system.

Well you can setup an event to get that file via FTP on a regular basis if you
wish.

 > Maybe some sort of "Network Bridge" ability where two NC's can share the
 > filter files of their choosing. They might not share twitlist.cfg however i'
 > sure sharing the email spam filter files would be thought of as a very wise
 > idea.

I think these ideas could be easily done via a JS script or even a Baja module
(see exec/getimlst.src for an example).

                                                  digital man

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