Re: Massive SPAM Increase {-2.6} {-2.6}

[Nathaniel Hall <nathaniel.d.hall () gmail com>]

Sounds a lot like SpamAssassin.

Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Monday, October 09, 2006 17:29:23 -0400 Tim
> <tim-forensics () sentinelchicken org> wrote:
>
> > > Its purpose is to reject *all* mail from bogus MTAs - dialups,
> > > misconifigured servers, MTAs that aren't registered in the domains' DNS
> > > as  a "legal" MX, MTAs that don't reverse properly, etc., etc.  If the
> > > email is  forged in any way, it will never make it to DATA.
> >
> >
> > That's great, except it makes the internet more expensive for the little
> > guy.  If you're trying to run a non-spamming personal mailserver off of
> > a consumer DSL or cable line, you can get screwed by others' policies
> > like this because you may not have control over your PTR records or how
> > your ISP lists you as a non-MTA with other organizations.
> >
> > Sure, argue that the little guy should just shell out for a better line,
> > but if he could, he wouldn't be the little guy.
> It wouldn't hurt to actually read how it works before criticizing it.
>
> Policyd-weight (the name implies what it does) provides a weighted score
> to each "bad" thing an MTA does.  The *cumulative* score is what
> matters.  It also *subtracts* points for good things that an MTA does. 
> So, the situation you describe should not be a problem.
>
> If you want to test that, send a test message to geek () stovebolt com, and
> see if it gets rejected.  If it does, look at the headers to see what it
> did.

-- 
Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA GCIH

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