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Re: mimic a unknown user bounce

2005-01-30 11:36:55
Google Kreme wrote:

<> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:59:05 +0100, Michelle Konzack
<> <linux4michelle(_at_)freenet(_dot_)de> wrote:
<> > Am 2005-01-24 17:26:24, schrieb Professional Software Engineering:
<> > 
<> > > If you're looking for something for mail admins to be hostile about, you
<> > > should check out what Verizon has decided to do (blocking mail from
<> > > European sources, AND performing SMTP callbacks).
<> > 
<> > Realy interesting... because more then 90% of the SPAM
<> > comming from IP's inside the USA !
<> 
<> I don't know where you got that number, but it is completely wrong. 
<> the US is the #1 source of spam, but the percentage is around 40%, not
<> 90%.
<> 
<> China and  Korea combine for about 25-30%.  For the vast majority of
<> non-chinese, non-koreans, simply blacklisting ch and kr mail is a very
<> effective way to make a dramatic cull in the amount of spam.

SMTP MTA filtering strays a bit off topic for the list. My apologies
for adding to that. 

Errrm ... if you're going to block the ccTLD, please filter on "cn." not
"ch." lest your filter miss by the width of a continent and about 12
time zones ...

Reto
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R A Lichtensteiger                      rali(_at_)tifosi(_dot_)com

"It is usually my satisfaction to purr along gently about 60 mph and drink 
 in the air and the general view. I lose detail even at such moderate speeds 
 but gain comprehension." --T. E. Lawrence

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