Re: [cobalt-users] configuring a Raq to block spam

["Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > We use the anti-spam package from www.solarspeed.net
> > It's integrated with the GUI and works great.
> > It's not free but for the amount of spam that I no longer
> > have to deal with, it is definitely worth it.
> >
>
> Keep in mind, from what I can see of that package, it does nothing
to
> stop spam. It tags it. Your bandwidth is still used. The spam is not
> rejected as it would be by using one of the DNSBL's.

Dan,

I don't think there would be any difference in bandwidth. With a DNSBL
like ordb.org, the email comes in, then it bounces back to the sender.
So it uses bandwidth both ways just like if you had received it.

With the Spam Assassin package, the email comes in and based on your
preference (set from the siteadmin GUI) is either deleted, or the
subject line is changed to **SPAM** and the mime type is changed to
text plain.  I don't have it automatically deleted but instead just
have my email software move it to a different folder; that way I don't
have to see it but can if I need to.

The main cost that I look at is my time.

I rate  DNSBL systems like ordb.org a 2 since they don't block the
vast majority of spam.  I'd rate the spam Assassin install by
solarspeed.net a 9.


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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting
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