Re: Huge numbers of iptables rules to knock out spam/viruses

From: Supak Lailert (supaklailert_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/06/04


Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 20:41:31 +0700


"Jeff" <spam@lightweb.net> wrote in message
news:f56f21c4.0405050703.3eb8fd@posting.google.com...
[snip]
> Is there a better way to accomplish what I want? We really do get hit
> with a lot of traffic from these bozos and aren't too concerned about
> false positives. I just want to decrease traffic and noise on my
> boxes.

Load up SpamAssassin (http://spamassassin.org) and get the add-on rules
at RulesEmporium (http://www.rulesemporium.com) then integrate it to
your MTA. Works like a charm to me. It cut down the spam by 90+% with
very small number of false positives. The key is to run it for a week
and tweak some scores to match your environment; for example, if you're
a pharmaceutical company you wouldn't want SpamAssassin to aggressively
knocks out any mail with drugs name in it.

Supak



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