[PLUG] How dangerous is handling my own mail?

[Paul Johnson]

Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net> writes:

> I've turned off all relay checks and I STILL block better than 99% of spam
> with spamassassin.
>
> The relay checks aren't doing anything.

The false-negatives really go down with them turned on.  And
bl.spamcop.net[1] only lists what's been spamming within the last two
days.  Their de-listing policy[2] is a little more complex than that,
but it's still a pretty decent list.

[1] http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml
[2] http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/298.html

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