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Spam Blocking Engine for OpenBSD

Posted by michael on from the two-scoops-white-rice dept.

mkeke writes "In a post over at OpenBSD Journal, Theo states that he has written a spam blocker that works with pf and Spews. It looks darn cool :)"

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  1. It thougt it was spam though by neurostar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...doesn't block half the planet?

    I thought half the email on the planet was spam though!

    :)

  2. Re:Spews is NOT the right way to filter e-mail. by MrDingusMcGee · · Score: 2, Funny
    Read: Education. Prevention.
    Sysadmins need to educate themselves about SPEWS before hastily hopping on board the "I'm preventing spam!" bandwagon. SPEWS doesnt prevent spam, it prevents spam AND legitimate emails.

    Often it boils down to "The All ighty ollar". An irresponsible ISP is willing to let a spammer continue to pay for their outrageous use of bandwidth as long as they can. SPEWS does nothing more than allow the spammer to spread the wealth to other ISPs once their current one is blacklisted. And yes, this ISP should be punished, its sysadmins and CEO should be dragged out into the street and beaten. However, until SPEWS starts carrying out vigilante justice, SPEWS is doing more harm than it does good, and is not a viable spam solution.

    Police Chief: My Mayor, as you asked we have devised a scheme to catch every criminal in the city before they can comitt a crime.

    Mayor: That's amazing! Let's get started

    Police Chief: There is a catch. It only catches criminals registered in our "Ex-Con Database" and 10% of the people imprisoned will be random towns-people who have done no wrong.

    Mayor: But, it catches criminals right?

    Police Chief: Well, yes, but...

    Mayor: Then let's do it!

    Welcome to Spewsville...Where the world is a better place..for some people.
    --
    My Sig is Sauer.