[olug] Argh... SPAM

[Terry]

I don't get spam on my personal account.  I use yahoo
for my mailing lists and I get spam there but their
anti-spam tool(s) work rather well.  I guess if you
don't publish your email address on the Internet or
use it to buy anything, you won't get spam.  Anyone
else have decent luck?

--- Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 March 2004 18:50, Adam Lassek wrote:
> > Is it just me or has spam become really obnoxious
> lately? I've been
> > training spamassassin regulary, but it never seems
> to do much good. Is
> > there anything more I can do to improve my
> filters, or are spammers just
> > too nefarious for SA?
> 
> Yes, it has gotten worse recently.  The smart
> spammers are catching up with 
> the filters, and the dumb ones are just sending more
> messages.   We're 
> running SpamAssassin/MimeDefang for a 2000 user
> server at work, and it's 
> become a real chore.   The mis-spellings, fragmented
> html, and social 
> engineering (Your email account will be deleted if
> you don't click here!) 
> have been especially bad in the last two weeks.   
> I've come to the conclusion that spammers are like
> cockroaches,  impossible to 
> eradicate.  The best we can hope for is to keep them
> out of the kitchen.
> 
> Dave Thacker
> 
> 
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Terry

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