Wow, there are a lot of bad documentation links out there on the interTRON.
For the $ayjob, I have been battling spam for quite some time and continue to look for new ways to put a stop to this abuse. The hard part? One persons spam is another persons legit email, it is so completely difficult to do something that makes everyone happy.
What can be done to make everyone happy? Nothing.
There are many things that can be done, most of which require per user training to become completely effective and create the largest amount of happiness in terms of ‘customers who are happy with the solution’.
But..and you knew there was a ‘but’ coming…
Most users do not want to train! They just want the junk mail stopped in its tracks, never making it to the INBOX or a JUNK folder.
How do you build the all encompassing antispam policy that makes everyone happy? I am beginning to think that the answer is ‘you do not’. I don’t like that answer.
How do you do this, then? That is the question that has been plaguing me for years and this question, so far, has no definitive answer.
I am considering doing a series of posts that discuss using Postfix with many different configurations that can be quite effective at stopping spam, building up the complexity of the system for more and more user configurable components. Any interest in reading such documents?
Some good sites:
- Security SAGE antispam
- Ralf Hildebrandt’s webpage
- HowtoForge – Postfix (why only Linux examples…I have no idea but that’s for another rant)
- Postfix – the software and documentation
Any Spam you dont want I will take… One persons spam is my treasure!!! send to http://www.icant.net or [email protected]
I would definately like to see such articles. I, myself, use postfix for all of my mail needs and I’ve taken a very layered approach to fighting spam. I would be interested to see what configurations you come up with.