James Stephens

March 8, 2006

The Problem With Spamassassin’s AutoWhitelist Feature

Filed under: Spam Filtering — James Stephens @ 11:43 am

I have recently disabled Spamassassin’s autowhitelist feature.
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February 21, 2006

Adding A Custom Header In Mimedefang To Identify Defanged Messages As Possible Spam

Filed under: Spam Filtering — James Stephens @ 9:00 am

This post details how to add a custom header in Mimedefang. It’s purpose here is to tag email from which attachments are removed, making it easier for spamassassin to identify and operate on such messages.
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February 17, 2006

How To Configure Junk Mail Settings In Mozilla Thunderbird v1.0.x And v1.5

Filed under: Spam Filtering — James Stephens @ 11:42 am

Mozilla Thunderbird possesses excellent junk mail controls which through Bayesian analysis of your email and careful training are capable of learning which messages are ham and which messages are spam.
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February 13, 2006

A Workaround In Spamassassin For Dealing With Spam To Spoofed Email Addresses

Filed under: Spam Filtering — James Stephens @ 11:22 am

This post documents a workaround I have put in place in spamassassin for the increasing amount of spam being receiving to the spoofed address all@ourdomain. Some users are receiving over 20 such messages a day .. all spam. The workaround is equally relevant for other addresses where mail isn’t expected from offsite.
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