Python Community Server: Fighting Spam with Qmail and Spamassassin

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 26, 2003

[ Thanks to Roberto
Alsina
for this link. ]

Spam is one of the annoying facts of Internet life in the 21st
century. So, decreasing the amount of annoying spam one gets is a
worthy goal, if one can do it without too much effort.

“In this article, I will explain how you can fight spam by
making your qmail server filter your messages through
spamassassin.

“In a coming article, I will explain how to patch your qmail
server to make spammer’s life somewhat harder and at the same time
decrease the amount of time the server spends rejecting filtering
and discarding spam…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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