[Mimedefang] Re: Recipe Question

[Jeremy Mates]

* Jeff Grossman <jeff at stikman.com> [2002-10-27T08:26-0800]:
>     if ($charset eq "ks_c_5601-1987" or
>         $charset eq "euc-kr") {

That fragment is missing iso-2022-kr, though my spam archives (prior
to my MTA block) do not show any spam using that particular charset.

> Which is supposed to block all Korean e-mail.  Where would I put that
> recipe on my mimedefang filter?

Near the beginning of filter_begin, if you intend to reject the
messages and do nothing else with them.

> Also, what would I use to block China e-mail?  And, where might I go to
> find the charset's for other languages?

Poke around in SpamAssassin's SpamAssassin/Locales.pm file from a
recent version, and look at the "Content-Type" message header of
messages you want to block:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="big5"

> p.s.  I don't know if it is just me, but in the past week I have been
> getting hit with a lot more spam than usual.  Is anybody else seeing
> this?

Yes, starting around Oct 12th I saw a large flood (and heard about it
from users on an unprotected mail system).

Think of spammers as the moles in "whack a mole."  In this version of
the game, the moles get to harass everyone with unsolicited offers
until blacklisted or shutdown.

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Jeremy Mates                                        http://www.sial.org/

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