Thread: Email filtering

Yes, it's possible.. SLA wise, depends on the provider.

You can use DSPAM as your filtering method (direct your MX records at your DSPAM server), and then DSPAM can pass the ham back onto your original mail server/relays - if you're after a homebrew solution.


Edit: oops, I mis-read the post.. not sure if any proivder will actually collect your email from your existing POP3 accounts, and then filter it and pass it back to you "clean"...

I don't know of anyone doing this,
it poses an interesting way of handling the emails in the first place.

Doesn't freeserve have any SPAM protection?
Havn't used them in years... Did they run dialup via 0800 3-4 years ago?

"(some sort of sla on incorrectly filtered or spam that gets through if possible?)"

I dont' think you'll get that tbh.. almost all mail washing services that i have ever come across actually disclaim the above rather than provide a service level agreement on it... in any case they'd probably be nuts to do so.

Pipe everything through a Google Mail account?

Jonsen drop me an msn, we can pull from remote pop3 accounts with Merak if i remember rightly, our spam filtering is very good

I reckon the only major ISP with good spam filtering is virgin.net ive had my account their since 2002, 0 spam at all.

Nothing's 100% perfect though

Ah sorry, you can't with GMail, was thinking you could forward it to GMail from FS.

all these hosts and not one has spotted the simple solution!? i think i'll keep it to myself and sell it to Jonsen... PM me Jonsen if you want in on this highly technical solution!

Originally Posted by goscombtech

all these hosts and not one has spotted the simple solution!? i think i'll keep it to myself and sell it to Jonsen... PM me Jonsen if you want in on this highly technical solution!

Oh lets see. Maybe a domain with email?

Do I get a prize?

Originally Posted by JonRohan

Oh lets see. Maybe a domain with email?

Do I get a prize?

all wrong... just wrong

Jonsen: I would suggest that you install fetchmail on a linux server, and have that collect email from your Freeserve POP3 account, then push the emails though a mixture of spamassasin and mailscanner. One of the best ways of dealing with a lot of spam robots out there is to use antirelayd, but I dont believe you will be able to benefit from that in this suggested setup, though you will get some form of rule based filtering.

We use a method similar to this on our Outlook Anywhere (www.outlookanywhere.net) Exchange platform so that customers with AOL, GMail, etc accounts can get their email delivered to Exchange.

Hope that helps.