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From: Victor Duchovni <Victor.Duchovni_at_nospam>
Date: Thu Nov 18 2010 - 20:10:54 GMT
To: postfix-users@postfix.org

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 02:06:12PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:

> Victor Duchovni put forth on 11/18/2010 12:52 PM:
>
> > This filter is too fragile IMHO. My best advice is to find filters that
> > detect spam.
>
> I think you've missed some of my previous posts regarding my spam
> filtering setup. I kill about 99.5+% of it at SMTP time, without
> resorting to body filters or any external content filters such as
> SpamAssassin. I'm stalking the last half percent Victor.

I think you are trying too hard. Let some spam in, don't block good mail.

> Probably a fruitless effort.

Yes.

> Not long ago someone stated on another list that the
> goal in fighting spam isn't necessarily to kill it all, but to simply
> make the problem manageable. I'm probably crossing that line with this
> effort.

Definitely carried away by excessive enthusiasm.

> As you can see this is pretty darn selective.

I did not bother to look, sorry.

-- Viktor.