[DLSLUG-Discuss] spam control

[Lloyd Kvam]

On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 09:52 -0500, james at jdfogg.com wrote:
> > I have configured my mail server to reject connections from any outside
> > mail server with a defective HELO command or reverse IP address that
> > does not "round-trip" (postfix: reject_unknown_client).
> 
> 
> Are you also using spamassassin, 

Yes.  It's spamassassin that is responsible for the thousands of
undelivered email held back on the server.

> blacklists or any of the heuristic
> filters? I find a blended approach to be very effective, especially when
> used with a heuristic filter that is linked a spam folder in the users
> MUA.

I agree.

I was mostly trying to warn that greylisting may be on the verge of
losing effectiveness.

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