[ale] the _REAL_REASON_ for the admin change

Randy Ramsdell rramsdell at livedatagroup.com
Wed Feb 20 15:48:35 EST 2008


Bob Toxen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:52:59AM -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>   
>> Aggression is a good thing, these days, when trying to thwart spam.
>> No DNSBL is perfect, but most are reasonable.
>>     
> I found it blocking too much of my clients' email.  It had to go.
>
> Spam filtering involves working a very fine line between "ya gotta block
> more spam" and "you can't block that even if the From: address doesn't
> match the domain of the IP and it contains a dirty joke".
>
>   
>> -Jim .P
>>     
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bob Toxen, CTO
> Horizon Network Security
> "Your expert in Spam and Virus Filters, Linux server hardening, Firewalls,
> Network Monitoring, Linux System Administration, VPNs, local and remote
> backup software, and Network Security consulting, in business for 18 years."
>
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>   

But working with it or using Spamassasin to check and adjusting the 
score might help and be a better solution?


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