What's the best spam filter?
September 9, 2004 9:07 PM Subscribe
spamfilter - whats the latest hot ticket... i've tried cloudmark - and liked it.. what else do people recommend these days?
SpamAssassin combined with Exim ACLs remains my solution of choice.
posted by majick at 9:45 PM on September 9, 2004
posted by majick at 9:45 PM on September 9, 2004
If you combine SpamAssassin with SpamHaus you'll really cut down on the spam.
posted by cmonkey at 10:07 PM on September 9, 2004
posted by cmonkey at 10:07 PM on September 9, 2004
Much to my surprise, Opera's spamfilter has been doing a really great job. I have no idea how it works, but it's even beating out ol' POPFile.
posted by five fresh fish at 10:58 PM on September 9, 2004
posted by five fresh fish at 10:58 PM on September 9, 2004
SpamBayes has a great Outlook-integrated solution, if that's your e-mail client.
I've also used POPFile, which is more standalone--it runs as a proxy POP server, and you manage it through your browser--but also much more flexible, since it can not only learn to distinguish spam, but any number of classifications. I've got to say, though, that I've uninstalled and re-installed it 3 or 4 times now, and every time, after working for a while, it bombs out and stops working, so while I really like it, I can't seem to get it to work.
posted by LairBob at 4:37 AM on September 10, 2004
I've also used POPFile, which is more standalone--it runs as a proxy POP server, and you manage it through your browser--but also much more flexible, since it can not only learn to distinguish spam, but any number of classifications. I've got to say, though, that I've uninstalled and re-installed it 3 or 4 times now, and every time, after working for a while, it bombs out and stops working, so while I really like it, I can't seem to get it to work.
posted by LairBob at 4:37 AM on September 10, 2004
spamassassin (inc local training), procmail filtering, reverse dns lookups for known bad guys. i see maybe one message a day. some details here (self link).
posted by andrew cooke at 6:07 AM on September 10, 2004
posted by andrew cooke at 6:07 AM on September 10, 2004
Response by poster: cool. thanks for tips people ... seems like this changes every couple months. i
posted by specialk420 at 8:36 AM on September 10, 2004
posted by specialk420 at 8:36 AM on September 10, 2004
I've been struggling with the best server-side option for many virtual hosting users (sendmail/linux). Anybody have some hints in that direction? I've been thinking of implementing a whitelist system, but have had a hell of a time finding a reasonable (free, as in beer) solution.
posted by maniactown at 9:11 AM on September 10, 2004
posted by maniactown at 9:11 AM on September 10, 2004
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posted by riffola at 9:18 PM on September 9, 2004