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- <li><em>from</em>: mbarker68 at comcast.net (Michael E. Barker)</li>
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Greg wrote:
>Something different. It is Theo's attempt to strike back at spammers. From
>the man page:
>
>spamd - spam deferral daemon
>
>spamd is a fake Sendmail(8)-like daemon which rejects false mail. If the
>pf(4) packet filter is configured to redirect port 25 (SMTP) to this daemon,
>it will attempt to waste the time and resources of the spam sender. spamd
>is designed to be very efficient so that it does not slow down the receiving
>machine. Spam is never accepted, but always rejected with either a 450 or
>550 error message. The normal way that spam has been dealt with in the past
>is to either accept and drop, or outright block. When configured to use 450
>responses, spamd takes neither of these actions: it rejects the mail back to
>the senders' queue.
>
>Greg
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of Tyler
>>Kiley
>>Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 6:51 PM
>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>Subject: Re: [ale]OT It begins...
>>
>>
>>Spamd? The daemon version of spamassassin, or something different?
>>
>>Tyler
>>
>>On Monday, January 26, 2004, at 06:37 PM, Greg wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>OpenBSD has spamd - a way to make the spamming machines groan
>>>resource-wise.
>>>I am certain that there are Linux variants on this and I would suggest
>>>using
>>>them with abandon/extreme prejudice. If you find one that makes the
>>>machines catch fire and produce copious amounts of shrapnel upon the
>>>bodies
>>>of the spammers, then I will happily replace my OpenBSD firewall with
>>>Debian.
>>>
>>>Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of
>>>>George Johnson
>>>>Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 5:27 PM
>>>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>>>Subject: Re: [ale]OT It begins...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robert Reese wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>>>>Hash: SHA1
>>>>>
>>>>>The onslaught begins. Is there any way to protect our email
>>>>>addresses from harvesting? I know that many lists do have a method
>>>>>to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Robert Reese~
>>>>>
>>>>>On 1/26/2004 at 4:09 PM BARR YOUNG BISALA <youngbisala2 at netscape.net>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Barr.Young Bisala
>>>>>>Attn:Assistance From You.
>>>>>>Dear Friend,
>>>>>>I am Barr.Young Bisala an aide in the Netherlands to former
>>>>>>President Charles Taylor of Liberia who is presently in exile in
>>>>>>Nigeria.But he will want to have a trusted foreign business partner
>>>>>>that he can invest
>>>>>>substantial amount of money in his or her country.He has given me
>>>>>>the mandate to scout for that reliable partner,like you.
>>>>>>I am contacting you due to the present situation in Liberia (Civil
>>>>>>War),and also the aspect of investment in your country.My
>>>>>>boss,President Charles Taylor who has mandated me to urgently look
>>>>>>for a foreign partner
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>....
>>>>>
>>>>>blah blah blah snip.
>>>>>
>>>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>>>>Version: PGP 8.0.3
>>>>>
>>>>>iQA/AwUBQBVITbw8BOWncaQMEQLvlQCg99pyr9YYV1BMKmA6eSwbIvzkSxIAoL6h
>>>>>4Kagaqvjo73drGaLeLP2RalP
>>>>>=ENbu
>>>>>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Type: DH/DSS 4096/1024 AES-256
>>>>>Key ID: 0xA771A40C
>>>>>Fingerprint: CAE2 81CA A7CD 6681 341C E3A9 BC3C 04E5 A771 A40C
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Man I hate these thieves sending these emails out. I used to reply
>>>>calling them what they are but now I don't even bother. Wish I could
>>>>stop them. Is there a way?
>>>>
>>>>gj
>>>>
>>>>
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