Re: spam blocking engine

[Marcus Watts <mdw_(_at_)_umich_(_dot_)_edu>]

"Alexander C.H. Lorenz" <alexander_(_dot_)_lorenz_(_at_)_x-warp_(_dot_)_net> writes:
...
> We prefer postfix with spam-assasign, this mark the emails with an
> header and and inline in the body, u can it see here in the list.
...

Yes SpamAssassin
	http://spamassassin.org/
does a nice job of detecting spam and making it possible to ignore it.
Problem is, sweeping it under the carpet doesn't discourage more from
showing up.  There's also
	http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/bogofilter/
which might be slightly more efficient since it's a C program not
perl.  Both of these can afford to be more aggressive since they work
on an individual basis and don't actually delete mail without the
user's consent.

I think both Theo and I want to do something that actually makes life
harder for spammers.  Theo is willing to spend more resources to make
life more painful for open relays.  I haven't got those resources, and
think there's too much spam that gets to machines I administer other ways,
so I want cheaper ways that kill more spam messages faster.

					-Marcus Watts