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Feb 1, 2007 8:31 am
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Requesting a lead to a good freeware anti-spam filter program that I can put on my pc. I'm running WinXp(home) . [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I've had a lot of trouble with spammers using me as a dumping ground for their returned spam. BUT one of them has sunk to a new low I'm now getting hit with an...
... new spammer ... Have you checked the MAIL FROM address? <> by any chance? If so, your domain was only forged as the sender of the spam, which got bounced ...
... No this isn't backscatter. Had enough of that about 12 months ago. I had 3000 messages in one day returned to me from a spammer forging my address. ... ...
... guess? ... everyone ... You should be happy: you've done enough damage for somebody to notice you! Every time this happens to me I open a bottle of...
... I've never received an error back from an ISP. So they either ignored them or I was very lucky. More Luck would be my guess. :-) ... I'll send you the lot...
Is there anyway from the IP address to work out if the sender is a legitimate (ISP) server or just some hacked computer. I know there are a lot of people that...
A very interesting collection from all over the world. If only I could send them direct to the ISPs to action. You know all it would take is a little...
... Probably the amount you sent was so small that they got just ignored... Some people (including me) receive several thousands or more spams each day. If I...
... Not really, SPF and Domain Keys are steps to that direction but they're not widely adopted yet(spammers do use SPF). You could use blocklists that list...
... to the ... is enough ... origin ... How does 3rd party, like isp, recognize a spam? It doesn't. ISP cannot check (without information from the sender)...
... I've been watching the IP addresses of the spam I get and I've had over 4000 unique IP addresses in 4 days AND these addresses don't only send 1 spam mail...
... A big ISP gets 100000s of Emails that are all stored in a database called a post office. Databases are easy to search. Eg If a 10000 emails all come in...
... from a ... A couple of things hindering this: the spam is nowadays mutating, i.e. the message body doesn't stay constant within a spamrun. This is probably...
... OK Point Taken! ... READ that I said ONE of the identified group is sent back. Not the 100s. What we have to look at is what works. C/R does work for the...
John---I'm an old retired geezer who follows the discussions with interest. I don't have any idea what most of the guys are saying. I read the words, but am...
... Well, many other things work for person using them, but that doesn't make it any more acceptable (like stealing, what C/R basically is, work for those...
... Sorry, I forgot to respond to this. But many methods work, like filtering, blacklisting, teergrubing, honeypots. Heck, even C/R work. I think it is...
... No one knows everything even the "experts". :-) ... That is the trouble the culture is if you're against something shoot it down. But they don't go the...
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Mar 1, 2007 8:26 am
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... The server I have uses Black/White lists, it checks if the sender is a valid email address and C/R. It works VERY well. BUT that is only part of the...
... a valid ... I wonder just how the server is checking if the sender e-mail address is valid. The domain part it certainly can check (and should, IMHO). ... ...
... I'll check with the software writer on how he does it. But it checks each address is valid before it's accepted. ... Most likely the cost will be...
... Thanks, this is appreciated! ... loose. If e-mail postage ever gets adopted competition will make sure that other costs will drop. If something is too...
... Thanks for the explanation. I have heard of it just not under that name. ... Most of the spam I get now is *to* non existent addresses that I've never and...
... Not really, just a mail server and SpamAssassin, but thanks for looking everything up. ... I'm using linux based system, but the components are available...
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