From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AibYT-0006TY-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:43:09 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i0JFh9Rm013507 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:43:09 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id i0JFh8O4013505 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:43:08 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:43:08 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040119154308.GC13197@rednote.net> References: <20040118152911.GA12691@blackbox> <20040119075208.GC536@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040119075208.GC536@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Subject: Re: getting rid of yucky emails X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:43:10 -0000 I generally hate emails that just say "I agree." But this one is worth underscoring, imho. I think turning on whatever one needs to turn on to verify senders is one of the most powerful spam blocking approaches around. Spamers love to hide. Verification seeks to ascertain that there's a real there there before accepting mail. Steve Holmes writes: > From: Steve Holmes > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 09:29:11AM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > I'm not sure how you handle mail, but making your MTA really picky helps > > keep some of them out as well. In exim, options like sender_try_verify > > and receiver_verify stop some of them from beeing delivered. > > In addition, exim has a filtering language which can be inserted into > your .forward file too. This could take the place of procmail or at > least gives another option. I use that to catch the Spam=yes string > and throw them away. > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://a11y.org