Re: [OT] Re: The spam problem.

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Manik Raina wrote:
> 
> > 	Now , these mails keep making rounds on this list, though
> > 	they've improved my knowlege of African power politics
> > 	somewhat, and improved my who's who in Africa, i would
> > 	really like it if we could shut the spammer up.
> 
> Little chance.  These messages are generally written in such
> a way that there are no useful regexps to distinguish the 419
> spam from legitimate email.
> 
> I think spamassassin catches about half of the 419 scams, maximum.
> 

Blacklist the whole country. At the risk of receiving probably one
or, maybe two, flames from Nigeria, I doubt that there is any
legitimate email from that country at all. So called businessmen
and government personnel from that country, dress in "clown suits".
That should be a hint.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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