full-disclosure - Re: Will the spammer please stop!

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Date: Fri Jun 23 02:16:20 2006
From: randy at procyonlabs.com (Randal T. Rioux)
Subject: Re: Will the spammer please stop!

Dan B wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Karol Wiesek wrote:
>> Just add rule to Your procmail or any other stuff and ignore it.
>>
>>   
> ,,,snip...snip...
> The best solution I see is sender verification, which I currently use on
> Postfix and this is the same MTA that is used for the list. It is a
> minor configuration change. Indeed it causes more traffic(verification
> of domain initially, and then a brief attempt to connect and send a mail
> to the sender), but that is nowhere near as much as this spam is generating.
> 

The words "best solution" should NEVER be used in the same sentence as
"sender verification," unless "not" separates them. It is obnoxious and
places the burden of your lack of effort or knowledge onto the sender.

Randy