Re: spamassassin helps lots, but I'm tired of sorting the

David Wolfskill wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > ...
 > > The only reasonable thing you can do with spam is drop it
 > > to /dev/null.  If it makes you feel better, you can create
 > > a symlink /dev/painful_death -> /dev/null and instruct
 > > your mail filter to drop spam there instead.
 > 
 > With respect, my preferred approach differs slightly.
 > 
 > I instruct my MTA to reject (or, in certain special cases, silently
 > discard) the spam during the SMTP conversation.

Of course.  That goes without saying.

My wording should have been clearer:  The only reasonable
thing you can do with spam that your MTA had to accept
during the SMTP protocol (for whatever reason).

Best regards
   Oliver

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