Re: Preventing spammers from using ASK as a spam reflector

In message <[email protected]>, Marco Paganini writes:
> Hi Erez,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 04:44:11PM -0400, Erez Zadok wrote:
> 
> >> rc_basic_headers = From:,To:,Cc:,Bcc:,Date:,Subject:,Return-Path:,Received:,Delivered-To:
> >> rc_max_attach_lines = 0
> >
> >Is the above only for mail w/ attachments, or for any mail?
> 
> This will affect all emails. Without it, ASK will copy 50 lines of the
> original message in the confirmation, which is enough to contain spam.  With
> the new settings, only the headers specified in rc_basic_headers will be sent
> as part of the confirmation message.

I see.  So I guess I can lower it to 1-2 lines which might be enough to help
a legit user to identify which email this was all about, but not enough for
spam (unless it's a "Get Rich Fast" one-liner :-)

BTW, in the default .askrc you might expand the comment about
rc_max_attach_lines to say why it's a bad idea to make that value too large.

Cheers,
Erez.


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