[Gllug] OSS Spam filtering, virus scanning email solutions

- Tethys tethys at gmail.com
Wed Jan 3 11:53:40 UTC 2007


On 1/3/07, Matthew Thompson <matt.thompson at actuality.co.uk> wrote:

> Got a bit of a puzzle - we already have plenty of anti virus and anti
> spam in place on our company's email system but it seems that our use of
> the Spamhaus SBL+XBL feed is annoying some journalists who insist on
> using dodgy russian ISPs.

So don't use them, then! Using externally managed block lists is just
asking for trouble, anyway. They don't significantly help reduce spam
over alternative methods, they block legitimate email, and you don't
have any control over who gets added to the list.

Tet
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