Removing the Spam : Email Processing and Filtering (1999)

Preface. 1. The Dawn of Electronic Mail. The Internet Protocol. Email Standards and Fundamentals. RFC821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. RFC822: Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages. Spam: Unsolicited Commercial Email. Removing the Spam. Tracking the Spammer. Spam Through Relays. Spam Blacklisting, Blackholing, and Filtering. Anti-Spam Resources. Mailing Lists. Mailing List Types. Mailing List Etiquette. Mail Filtering. Email Addresses and the Domain Name System. Finding Domain Information. Mail Exchange Records. Size and Growth of the Internet. Messaging Technology. What is Next? 2. Sendmail. The Current Version. Getting the Current Version of Sendmail. Building Your New Version of Sendmail. Compiling Makemap. Building Your Sendmail Configuration File. Save Your Old Sendmail. Install and Start Your New Configuration. The Generic Sendmail Configuration. Modifying Your Configuration. Stopping Spam via Sendmail. The Access Database. Turning On Relay-Domains. Using the Realtime Blackhole List. Other Configuration Options: Tweaking Sendmail. Blacklist Recipients. Redirect Mail. Privacy Flags. Identification Protocol (IDENT) Time-Out. Maximum Message Size. Maximum Recipients per Message. Include Sender in List Expansion. Aliases Auto Rebuild. Check Aliases. The Aliases File. The .forward File. Mailing Lists. Storing Mail in a File: Archiving. Sending Mail to a Program. Hiding Local Host Names. Supporting Virtual Users and Virtual Domains. A Local Mailer: Procmail. Procmail as Your Local Mailer. Procmail as a Special Mailer. Succeeding with Procmail. 3. Procmail. Getting Procmail. Building and Installing Procmail. Setting Up Procmail. Procmail Recipe Files. Comments. Procmail Recipes. Recipe Flags. Conditions. Actions. Regular Expressions (RE). A Simple But Complete Recipe. Building Your .procmailrc: Some Examples. Controlling Your rcfile. Duplicate, Empty, and Bloated Messages. A Vacation Recipe. Mail Sorting. Auto-Responders. A File Server. Spam Filtering. Advancing to Mailing Lists. 4. Mailing Lists. Mailing List Lists. Types of Lists. Mailing List Abuse. Combating Spammers. List Terrorists. Automatic versus Manual: Which Is Right for You? Mailing Lists: Subscriber's View. Manual Lists. Automated Lists. Mailing Lists: Administrator's View. Manual Lists. Automated Lists. Using Sendmail (A Manual List). Archiving. Sending Mail to a Program. Majordomo. Getting and Installing Majordomo. Majordomo Files and Directories. Creating a Mailing List. List Options. List Administrator Commands. Creating a Digest. SmartList. Getting and Installing SmartList. SmartList Files. Configuring SmartList. Creating a New List. List Options. List Administrator Commands. Creating a Digest. The Ensuing Tasks. Appendix. Internet Resources. Anti-Spam Web Sites. Anti-Spam Organizations. Spammer Address Sites. Request for Comments. RFC Web Sites. Relevant RFCs. Anti-Spam Software. Windows. Procmail Tools. Mailing Lists. FAQ Sites. Mail Filtering Sites. General. Procmail. Email Software. Message Transfer Agents. Formail: For Use with Procmail. Mailing List Software. Other Software. Miscellaneous Web Sites. Index. 0201379570T04062001