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Spamdunk Project update June 13/1998

1998-06-13 15:56:48
The latest/greatest incarnation of my procmail filter at...
http://www.interlog.com/~waltdnes/spamdunk/spamdunk.htm

Additions June 10;
  - attempt to trap spam coming in via open 3rd-party relays.
    As part of the process, I also had to tighten up checking
    of the "Message-Id:" header.

  - check for spam with forged from headers, slandering
    certain popular email services.  You can add additional
    names to the list if you wish.

  - additional checking to trap RFMS/relay spam originating
    from Compuserve dialup lines.

  - rejection diagnostics are now inserted as "X-Reject:"
    custom headers.

Change June 13;
  - added a user-settable variable "SLACK" to cut some slack
    in the checking.  Basically, this variable tells procmail
    how many "X-Reject:" flags can be added without junking
    an email.  If you set SLACK=0, then failing any of 11
    recipies will junk an email.  I find that almost all spam
    fails at least two or three of the tests, so I recommend
    running with SLACK=1 to minimize the chances of false
    positives.  The higher you set SLACK, the more stuff will
    get through.

  A detailed explanation of my filters is available at...
http://www.interlog.com/~waltdnes/spamdunk/techie.htm

-- 
Walter Dnes (Toronto)
<waltdnes(_at_)interlog(_dot_)com>

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