[conspire] How not to do antispam, latest in a continuing series

[Ruben Safir]

On 02/21/2015 08:08 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben at mrbrklyn.com):
> 
>> it is an experiment gone awry that the moment.  I'll have to get back to
>> it later.
> 
> OK, no worries.  ;->
> 
> I mostly wanted to stress that the _right_ place to reject mail is
> pre-SMTP-acceptance, inside the MTA.  Anyplace downstream from that 
> (LDA, MDA, or MUA) is not only a great deal less effective but also
> tends to create really regrettable collateral damage, notably
> backscatter.  So, I keep having to remind people that it's not 1990 any
> more and it's a bad idea to run reject bots after mail acceptance.
> 
> (Listening to an nginx talk at SCALE.)
> 
> 

I have both going on, actually.  I have filtered nearly everything I can
on the front end.  I can add a white list filter on the front as well,
but it will be less flexible than if I just write what I want...

Unfortunately, my Perl is rusty and it pisses me off nearly as much as
the spam.

I'm up to over 800 spams a DAY for a dozen or so messages of any import
and many 50 mailing list entries.  It is making my heart burn in anger.
 I HATE IT.

Since I applied for financial aid for college the spam is THROUGH the
roof.... the bastards sold my information to every spammer on
earth...because what do they give a shit.  It is just another fucking
scam to twist your gonads in a vice and exploit you.

Ruben

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