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Re: [Asrg] Cutting down spam load

2003-06-20 08:31:32
At 01:03 AM 6/20/2003 -0500, gep2(_at_)terabites(_dot_)com wrote:
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AND, don't forget, another big benefit is blocking NOT ONLY JUST spam, but also viruses/worms/trojans. In many cases, those are sent from 'legitimate' senders and without hijacking open relays... so things like spf wouldn't help (even IF
you could realistically speaking block 'non-verifiable' senders, which is way
less than clear) but my permissions-list approach would block probably 80-90% or
more of such malicious stuff, too.  By blocking (by default) ALL attachments
coming from people you don't normally expect to get attachments from, you're
blocking malicious code, too.  Sure, you'll open up the "attachments allowed"
window for people you trust and authorize to send those, but that's going to
typically be a small percentage of the people you'd normally maybe receive
(ordinary) E-mails from.

We do research into fighting spam, not viruses and worms. How does blocking attachements going to stop spammers?

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