SPAM Filtering

Boffy · 02-07-2005, 01:03 PM

I am looking to set up a more advanced spam filter than the one currently Incorporated into thunderbird and having been reading on the Internet I have read about numerous ways to implement good spam protection. I now know what I want but I don't know how to do it, so first I will outline my situation then what I would like and if you can would you advise me on what to do.
My Scenario:

I have a POP e-mail address
I receive large amounts of spam but need to keep my e-mail address
I have webmin and I would like to use it
All of my email will be redirected to my own computer
I have a list of addresses in thunderbird which are not spam that I would like to export
I also have a lot of spam stored for training if needed.

What I would like:

A spam filter (Sendmail looks most applicable) that will scan my mail using a variety of methods including checking on-line databases and assigns mail a score
What is probably spam gets an e-mail sent to the sender to ask if it is legitimate and if it is the e-mail will be resent and the e-mail address will be white flagged (i cant remember the name for this
The e-mail can then be sent to my thunderbird mail box

Thanks for reading

XavierP · 02-07-2005, 01:14 PM

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Originally posted by Boffy
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What I would like:
What is probably spam gets an e-mail sent to the sender to ask if it is legitimate and if it is the e-mail will be resent and the e-mail address will be white flagged (i cant remember the name for this

Thanks for reading

Could I suggest that you don't do this in your setup? Responding to a spam mail just confirms that your email address exists and you will end up being flooded.

Probably better to put such mail into a seperate directory that you can peruse/allow/destroy at your leisure.

Boffy · 02-07-2005, 01:51 PM

That sounds reasonable, thanks.