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Re: [Asrg] filtering at connect time

2003-03-04 11:31:30
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Justin Mason wrote:

As a matter of interest, have you collected any stats on the effectiveness
of tempfailing suspected spam?

The stats are online:

        http://www.roaringpenguin.com/canit/reports.php?what=hit-n-run

(You have to authenticate as demo/demo first.)  I tempfail all mail
from unknown senders the first time -- this happens at the RCPT TO:
phase, because I tempfail first-time sender-recipient pairs.

If you look at:

        http://www.roaringpenguin.com/canit/stats.php

you'll see that so-called "one-shot" messages make up a large percentage
of the daily message volume -- around 20-25%.

By the way, tempfailing senders the first time (or better yet,
tempfailing on the basis of sender-recipient pairs) is a solution that
fits transparently[*] into the existing e-mail infrastructure, uses
very few resources, and is quite effective.  I highly recommend it.

Regards,

David.

[*] Except for delays the first time a stranger sends you e-mail.
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