RE: [cobalt-users] Sendmail features

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Sorry to poke my nose in here but I'm fresh at running an 
> email server 
> and beginning to add users. For spam, it looks like I can edit the 
> /etc/mail/access as below to stop a lot of junk. I'm a bit 
> confused if I 
> should just do this or also install something like mailscanner/spam 
> assassin. I suppose what these do is block new spam that is 
> not yet in 
> the access file? I have a raq4r and am considering these programs.

I prefer the DNSBL lists.
http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-November/059954.html

While there are lots of things you can block in access, like
big@xxxxxxxx and many other known spammer domain names, I find using
some DNSBL checks that about 80% of the email hitting my server is
rejected.

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C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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