Re: [cobalt-users] spam for qube3 (TMDA option)

[Chris Beaumont <chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a few friends who use Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA)
http://software.libertine.org/tmda/

And it seems like the final word in spam reduction.. (the default is 
to block instead of to pass, but it does this in a very sophisticated 
way, filtering with  a 'whitelist' of permitted senders. It has 
email-based tools to manage the whitelist in a way which is very 
user-friendly to the users..)

I'd love to be able to install this with a .pkg on my Qube2!

One of these days I will probably get around to trying to install it 
from source..

If anyone wants to *really* block spam, TMDA is the way..

-Chris




At 10:12 AM -0400 7/16/2002, Parker Morse wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at 12:53  AM, Rick Eames wrote:
> > I am getting overwhelmed with SPAM.  What is the best way to cut that down
> > for the server?  One by one basis, or globally?
>
> There are two ways to "stop" spam on a server basis, blocking and 
> filtering, which boil down into three routes of action.
>
> 1. Using sendmail's access.db,
> 2. Using DNS Blocklists,
> and 3. Using a procmail-based filter like SpamAssassin or SpamBouncer.
>
> Every time someone asks the list about this, I am reminded that I 
> need to spend some time on the instructions I was putting together 
> on this. See <http://bluebird.sinauer.com/~morse/cobalt/> for my 
> preliminary stages, which mostly  include instructions for 
> implementing DNSBL's (following Charlie Summers' instructions posted 
> about a year ago.)
>
> For more on the access.db, see a discussion from the beginning of 
> this month, where Tim Dunn <http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-
> users/2002-June/072714.html> and Charlie <http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/
> cobalt-users/2002-July/073395.html> explain its use against spammers.
>
> Also, Steve Bassi posted his (extensive) notes on installing 
> Spamassassin last Thursday; they are in the archives at 
> <http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2002-July/074325.html>. 
> Steve, may I incorporate these into my pages?
>
> > Are there any prebuilt packages for this?
>
> Not that I'm aware of, though I'd love to hear that I'm wrong. 
> However, aside from SpamAssassin or SpamBouncer, no outside software 
> should be needed; most Cobalts have the required bits already 
> installed and running.
>  They just need some configuration.
>
> pjm
>
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