[wellylug] Spam

[Francois Prowse]

Well for the Spam issue I would recomend you initially look to use
Spamassassin if it fits in with your setup. If you can run procmail
locally with your account then this will be very simple. I use it here and
it flags about 99% of spams sent. It is also very easy to setup and
minimal config required.

If you want to run a mail exchange on your home machine then you are going
to be in a world of pain with a dynamic IP address. Luckly I've got a
static IP address with Saturn so no such troubles:)

What you could do is reqister your domain with registerdirect.co.nz ...
they will handle DNS for you and any mail as part of the domain fee and
are excellent to deal with - stay clear of domainz.co.nz in my opinion.

Cheers

Francois




> I think the time has come to get one of my Linux boxes to get all of my
> email from my ISP (via. Fetchmail most likely). This part I can do
> without too much trouble, but my main issue is what can I use to easily
> weed out Spam from the email received on the accounts that I will be
> using Fetchmail to check (around 6 accounts)?
>
> Also I am at some stage considering getting my own domain name and have
> emails coming to that, the issue there is that since I am on ADSL and
> don't have a fixed IP I guess I'd have to use a multidrop POP? Are there
> any other options?
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