[ILUG] Some preventative measures

[ilug at linux-is-groovy.co.uk]

Quoting: Colm Buckley colm at google.com

> I've done the following, as a stop-gap measure:
> =

> * Emails are now scanned for dodgy attachments by 'sanitizer'
> * If a dodgy attachment is detected and removed, the email will be
> discarded
> * If SpamAssassin gives the mail a score of 5 or higher, the email
> will be discarded
> =

> Note : this might cause genuine emails to be lost - if you don't see
> your email hitting the list, let me know and I'll adjust the rules
> appropriately.

Is it possible to apply the above rules retrospectively to the web archives?

I'm sure someone in your line of work appreciates the value of the page ran=
king the ILUG web archives are giving to all the spam sites that have made =
it so easily into the ILUG archives. No wonder this list has been getting s=
o much spam.

Sorry for the delay in getting this reply back, and hope I'm not repeating =
something that someone else has already said, its just that thanks to the w=
onders of HGH, my 12 foot mickey has been keeping the keyboard outside of a=
rms length.

Boris.


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