From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KiKpI-0006Xa-IA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:14:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED657E06AD; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pcsrvc.com (saturn.pcsrvc.com [24.225.5.126]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B33E06AD for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (mail.pcsrvc.com [10.0.0.5]) by mail.pcsrvc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E4D71EEC136 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:14:02 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pcsrvc.com Received: from mail.pcsrvc.com ([10.0.0.5]) by localhost (mail.pcsrvc.com [10.0.0.5]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8+x6+0SttkjO for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:14:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (linux.homershut.net [24.225.5.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.pcsrvc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8E81EEC135 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:14:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] SPAM protection by requesting confirmation From: Homer Parker To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080923192534.GF1757@home.power> References: <000201c91cc6$e3ef8f80$9700000a@dbshzbmemjzd2d> <48D7B8F9.8090009@gentoo.org> <200809221953.59988.bangert@gentoo.org> <20080923192534.GF1757@home.power> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:14:00 -0500 Message-Id: <1222226040.10138.23.camel@laptop> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d6153056-1780-429c-b4fb-47bf834433bb X-Archives-Hash: 9bef6e0c128513f26603a824d4041a59 On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 22:25 +0300, Alex Efros wrote: > Sorry for OT, but I wanna install spam-protection tool based on > confirmation email request (somebody send me email, my tool delay that > email and automatically reply requesting confirmation, he confirm, my tool > receive that confirmation and: 1) add his email to while-list; 2) deliver > his initial email to my mailbox). I'm aware about several such tools, but > I'm not sure how they handle incoming emails from other robots - like mail > lists, or some news subscriptions and notifications from websites. > > I just don't wanna put myself in position like other people who spam > maillists I read with senseless messages from their tools like > autoresponders or so... > > Can anybody recommend me tool which is able to correctly handle these cases? > To be honest, I don't see a way to realize this feature... :( > Ability to protect all accounts at our email domain is good to have, but > personal-only tool is acceptable too. (I use qmail, if this is important.) Challenge Response sucks, don't do that... Google for more info.. -- Homer Parker