Comments on: More Mail & Antispam Improvements http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/ News and Updates on the Community. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JohnF http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-40 JohnF Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:58:57 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-40 If at all possible I'd also like that the SPAM is reported, rather than just deleted. Just deleting SPAM and hoping it'll go away is rather optimistic in approach. All it means to the SPAMMER (to be polite) is that, "Oh they received that one, let's send another...."> If at all possible I'd also like that the SPAM is reported, rather than just deleted. Just deleting SPAM and hoping it'll go away is rather optimistic in approach. All it means to the SPAMMER (to be polite) is that, "Oh they received that one, let's send another....">

]]> By: bobpullen http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-33 bobpullen Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:38:21 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-33 We're waiting for QA resource before we can roll the changes live. It's pretty tight at the moment :( We're waiting for QA resource before we can roll the changes live. It's pretty tight at the moment :(

]]> By: jelv http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-32 jelv Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:18:35 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-32 It's over three weeks since this post was made - where are the spam/no spam buttons in webmail? It's over three weeks since this post was made - where are the spam/no spam buttons in webmail?

]]> By: bobpullen http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-26 bobpullen Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:43:12 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-26 Hi there, We're hoping to implement blacklisting on Subject matter some time this week but at this stage it will not be user-configurable I'm afraid :( Hi there,

We're hoping to implement blacklisting on Subject matter some time this week but at this stage it will not be user-configurable I'm afraid :(

]]> By: Neo http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-25 Neo Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:19:56 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-25 I've been asking for a user level whitelisting option for some time on the PlusNet forums. To block emails unless they are from known senders would be really useful for some people. I have another suggestion, regarding the problems with short emails not training the spam filter: please can we have a user level blacklist for subject words? In addition to other improvements this would help all those people who are trying to protect children etc. from the barrage of spam with obscene subject content. I've been asking for a user level whitelisting option for some time on the PlusNet forums. To block emails unless they are from known senders would be really useful for some people.

I have another suggestion, regarding the problems with short emails not training the spam filter: please can we have a user level blacklist for subject words? In addition to other improvements this would help all those people who are trying to protect children etc. from the barrage of spam with obscene subject content.

]]> By: bobpullen http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-24 bobpullen Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:47:33 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-24 Hi there, Whitelisting would be handy for eliminating false positives however the problem with blacklisting on a per user level is that it's not really going to achieve much. Spam is more often than not sent from zombie machines that have been compromised by a BOT. Blacklisting by address would be useless as the sending address is almost always going to be different. Similar constraints apply if blacklisting by IP too. Chances are the mail's going to be coming from the IP addresses of residential DSL users and will not remain constant. I personally think greylisting would be a great benefit to us. I use it for my email and it prevents a *lot* of unneeded junk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting Hi there,

Whitelisting would be handy for eliminating false positives however the problem with blacklisting on a per user level is that it's not really going to achieve much. Spam is more often than not sent from zombie machines that have been compromised by a BOT. Blacklisting by address would be useless as the sending address is almost always going to be different. Similar constraints apply if blacklisting by IP too. Chances are the mail's going to be coming from the IP addresses of residential DSL users and will not remain constant.

I personally think greylisting would be a great benefit to us. I use it for my email and it prevents a *lot* of unneeded junk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting

]]> By: spraxyt http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-23 spraxyt Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:48:49 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/05/more-mail-antispam-improvements/#comment-23 Could I draw attention to [url=http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php?topic=229.msg1678#msg1678]this post[/url]. I know PN reckon supporting individual blacklists/whitelists is resource intensive but it keeps getting mentioned. Could I draw attention to [url=http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php?topic=229.msg1678#msg1678]this post[/url]. I know PN reckon supporting individual blacklists/whitelists is resource intensive but it keeps getting mentioned.

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