Policyd-weight: WAS: Massive SPAM Increase

--On Monday, October 09, 2006 17:47:51 -0500 Nathaniel Hall 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Sounds a lot like SpamAssassin.
>
With one huge difference.  Policyd-weight rejects the mail *before* DATA, 
so the MTA never has to handle the mail.  No queueing, no attempted 
deliveries, etc., etc.

I also use spamassassin, and, as you know if you use it, you have to watch 
the scoring very closely to not lose legitimate email.  Policyd simply 
eliminates all the drek that comes from forging, domain hijacking and mta 
hijacking.  What's left is easy for sa to handle (as well as the poor 
postmaster.)

Paul Schmehl ([email protected])
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/