[ale] simplest way to avoid a spammer ?

Bjorn Dittmer-Roche dittmeb at mail.rockefeller.edu
Wed Sep 17 10:06:09 EDT 2003


First I recommend getting isbg to work. here's their web site:

http://www.rogerbinns.com/isbg/

You'll need spamassassin and python running on your machine. If
spamassissin identifies these e-mails automatically, you'll need no more
help from me, otherwise I'll send you my mods off list.

	bjorn


On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Courtney Thomas wrote:

> Bjorn,
>
> Thank you for your kind offer of help, which I accept.
>
> I assume you can send the code as an email attachment, if not let me
> know what you'd then prefer.
>
> Appreciatively,
> Courtney
>
>
>
> Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
>
> > If your spam is delivered to a machine you have an account on, you could
> > use something like procmail. If your spam comes to an IMAP inbox on a
> > remote machine, your options are more limited. I researched the options
> > recently and, finding none, I wrote my own by modifying a python script
> > called isbg (Imap Spam Be Gone). I can now use perl to do custom filtering
> > and it's super easy. Let me know if that is your situation and I'll send
> > you the code. You could then write a few lines of perl to scan the body of
> > the email for the name of this product (I can only image what it might
> > be!) and that's all there is to it.
> >
> > 	bjorn
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Peddling the same product.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>synco gibraldter wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On 16 Sep 2003 at 4:21, Courtney Thomas,,, wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I am continually receiving spam from one particularly annoying spammer
> >>>>and have attempted to email requesting that they cease but my email is
> >>>>returned as undeliverable. They send this garbage from numerous
> >>>>addresses.
> >>>>
> >>>>What's the "simplest" way to ditch these people, please ?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>are there commonalities between the email you're getting?  same sender?  same
> >>>subject?  same smtp relay?  anything?  if not, it would be very hard to establish a
> >>>"rule" against them, but i assume there is some kind of commonality since you know
> >>>it's the same person/group sending them.
> >>>
> >>>--    synco gibraldter
> >>>--    atlanta, ga
> >>>--    synco at xodarap.net
> >>>--    key id: 0xC5117E0A
> >>>
> >>>_______________________________________________
> >>>Ale mailing list
> >>>Ale at ale.org
> >>>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> >
> >
>
>
>



More information about the Ale mailing list