How do fix a good solution against spam..

From: Jesper Wallin (z3l3zt_at_hackunite.net)
Date: 05/13/04

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    Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 03:00:12 +0200 (CEST)
To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org

    Heya folks

    First of all, sorry if this isn't the correct list, but yet, I think spam is a kind of
    network attack and should be treated as a security issue.. I run a working mail server
    using Postfix, MySQL, Courier-IMAP, SpamAssassin and ClamAV (amavisd-new) ..

    I've checked the configuration file for SpamAssassin, but yet I havn't find any good
    solution for spam.. Sure, spam will always be a problem and I guess it's impossible to
    filter 100% of all spam..

    Currently, I've made a filter in my mail client which move all mails with a header
    containing "Spam-Level: ***" to a "spam" directory.. The last 2 months, spam and spam
    only has been triggered/filtered.. so I think it's quite useful.. yet, it does send the
    mail.. if it's triggered spam, why does it even send it to the mailbox instead of just
    blocking it? I assume that's because of a bad configuration made by myself..

    Also, a lot of mail which is spam is not triggered as spam, is it possible to improve
    spamassassin to filter more mails? Like, the way a antivirus program works, (have ids
    for each virus), does spamassassin has any "spam ids" or something similar to make it
    filter new mails?

    Once again, sorry if this mail has been sent to the wrong list, and sorry for asking
    alot of questions which might already been documented.

    Regards,
    Jesper Wallin
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