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List:       spamassassin-users
Subject:    Re: blacklist by default
From:       "Caleb Cushing" <xenoterracide () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-03-30 16:57:39
Message-ID: 81bfc67a0703300957p70915925n6ff2d5c4d2d76cd0 () mail ! gmail ! com
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hey jon can you get me the info on what you do with exim?

On 3/28/07, Jon Armitage <Jon.Armitage@365mediagroup.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Kettler [mailto:mkettler_sa@verizon.net]
> > Sent: 28 March 2007 01:16
> > To: Caleb Cushing
> > Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: blacklist by default
> >
> > Caleb Cushing wrote:
> > > Is it possible to configure spamassassin 3.x to consider
> > all mail spam
> > > unless it has been whitelisted?
> > I've never tried it, but you could try setting required_hits to -10.0.
> >
> > That said, spamassassin is a *MASSIVE* overkill for such a
> > simple system. A bit like cutting bread with a sawzall.
> >
> We find it much more productive to have our MTA (Exim) check whether the
> incoming email address is valid and reject invalid ones at the RCPT stage.
> Then you don't need to pass them to SpamAssassin at all.
>
> Further details on request---there have been other similar threads as
> well.
>
> Jon
>



-- 
Caleb Cushing

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hey jon can you get me the info on what you do with exim?<br><br><div><span \
class="gmail_quote">On 3/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jon Armitage</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:Jon.Armitage@365mediagroup.co.uk">Jon.Armitage@365mediagroup.co.uk \
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid \
rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">&gt; -----Original \
Message-----<br>&gt; From: Matt Kettler [mailto:<a \
href="mailto:mkettler_sa@verizon.net"> mkettler_sa@verizon.net</a>]<br>&gt; Sent: 28 \
March 2007 01:16<br>&gt; To: Caleb Cushing<br>&gt; Cc: <a \
href="mailto:users@spamassassin.apache.org">users@spamassassin.apache.org</a><br>&gt; \
Subject: Re: blacklist by default <br>&gt;<br>&gt; Caleb Cushing wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; \
Is it possible to configure spamassassin 3.x to consider<br>&gt; all mail \
spam<br>&gt; &gt; unless it has been whitelisted?<br>&gt; I&#39;ve never tried it, \
but you could try setting required_hits to - 10.0.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; That said, \
spamassassin is a *MASSIVE* overkill for such a<br>&gt; simple system. A bit like \
cutting bread with a sawzall.<br>&gt;<br>We find it much more productive to have our \
MTA (Exim) check whether the <br>incoming email address is valid and reject invalid \
ones at the RCPT stage.<br>Then you don&#39;t need to pass them to SpamAssassin at \
all.<br><br>Further details on request---there have been other similar threads as \
well. <br><br>Jon<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caleb Cushing



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