I usually use greylisting filters, which, assuming decent (compliant)
sender SMTP servers, do not drop any legitimate mail whatsoever, and in
my case they got rid of 80% or more of my spam. What gets through gets
caught in the Thunderbird bayesian filter mostly. Only drawback is mail
gets delayed 10 or so minutes the first couple of times it comes from a
certain server.

James Newtons Massmind wrote:
> Could everyone please help me test the new email server?
> 
> It is very aggressive with regard to rejecting spam, and I am a bit worried
> that it will prevent valid emails from getting through. This server is
> designed to instantly reject email while the sending server is still
> connected and send back a message as to why it was rejected so that a
> legitimate sending user at least knows that the message was not delivered.
> What it does NOT do, is send me a copy of rejected emails, the result being
> that I don't have to look through the several thousand (a day) junk emails I
> get to try to figure out if there are any false positives from the spam
> filter.
> 
> If you have not already done so, and it is still in September of 2006, would
> you please send an email to:
> 
> jamesnewton@massmind.org
> 
> With tanstaafl in the subject.
> 
> Or just click here:
> 
> mailto:jamesnewton@massmind.org?subject=tanstaafl_test
> 
> You can use any subject and text, but please include tanstaafl so I can know
> why I got the email. (tanstaafl = there aint no such thing as a free lunch).
> 
> 
> I will respond within a day to let you know I received the email.
> 
> NOW: The important part: If you don't get a reply or you DO get a bounce,
> please let me know what you think of it by forwarding that to me at
> jamesnewton@piclist.com which is on the old server.
> 
> I REALLY appreciate the help in testing this new system. A number of
> "experts" are telling me it will not work and I will loose a lot of email
> from people who are legit, but I don't see why.
> 

Hector Martin (hector@marcansoft.com)
Public Key: http://www.marcansoft.com/hector.asc



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