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SpamAssassin for Mac OS X
I will get around to packaging SpamAssassin for Mac OS X one of these days. I got stuck a while back with some other issues with it, but I think they have been smoothed out now. So expect to see...
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DNSBL
Finally got Net::DNS to compile and install on XP with Active Perl 5.8. Yea for me. So I’m experimenting with DNSBL. Neat feature, seems to be working well. Still figuring out which lists are best...
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Using Spamassassin and Mozilla
I’ve seen this asked a few times here and there. So here it is. Open Mozilla Mail&News and go to the “Tools” menu and select “Message Filters…”. You should be brought a window llke this: Select the...
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SpamAssassin and xbl blacklist
There’s a new blacklist in town. Patch for SpamAssassin bug 2889: =================================================================== RCS file:...
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Bug 117532 RIP
Bug 117532. It’s been one long journey, but it’s finally over. And just in time, as 1.7b is extremely close. That was a lot for a UI pref, but at least the wording is good. It’s worth it for good...
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Spammer Spot Checking
It’s pretty well known at this time that a rather large sum of Spam comes through regular ISP’s. There is a rather large debate on how to get rid of them. Some ISP’s just ignore it. Some block port 25....
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Microsoft pushing Sender ID?
Ok, just when I was starting to think that Microsoft may be changing their ways and trying to act in good faith after them fixing their website the other day. Microsoft starts talking about pushing...
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Is phishing the new spam?
I’m almost convinced now that the majority of stuff SpamAssassin misses isn’t really spam, but phishing messages. I think it’s time for SpamAssassin to start considering detecting it. Perhaps take a...
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eBay and banks need to implement SPF and Domain Keys
eBay and banks really need implement SPF, Sender Policy Framework and DomainKeys. There I said it. I see quite a few Phishing attacks every day. And just about all of them aren’t caught by...
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Bayesian Spam Filter Poisoning With RSS
Overview Bayesian Filtering is a great method for fighting spam. Unlike rule based filtering which spammers can easily adapt to with simple modifications, Bayesian adapts with the spammers changes,...
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