RE: [cobalt-users] Email Trap ( Tripwire?) block spammers

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I would like to setup 4 or 5 email addresses for spamers to 
> find like bob@xxxxxxxxxx & tom@xxxxxxxxxx then if someone 
> uses these addresses my RaQ would add them to a block list 
> with the time & email used... And would not receive any email 
> at all from 
> the sending email server...
> 
> Has anyone tried something like this? And what would be 
> involved? Procmail? Tripwire? 
> 

IIRC, I've seen this mentioned. Someone on the list had a bait address
in the email. Perhaps they're doing that. I think
blockme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx uses something like that to add the IP to a
list of spam sources. Obviously it can only be used for a short time
because a lot of the spam comes from a dialup provider and later
legitimate mail is blocked.
Here's a site that has bait addresses
http://www.careermd.com/goaway.shtm
-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

 


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