[TriLUG] Spamassassin to filter non-US

Brian Phelps brphelps at ieee.org
Wed Oct 1 11:29:49 EDT 2008


Spamassassin would allow me to score the email based on IP addresses.
I basically want to make a SA filter that pegs the spam score if its
from outside the US/UK.   I have had a really difficult time finding
anyone else on the net doing any thing like this in SA.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:
>  if you block all from everyone except arin.net (and I have no idea who the
> UK falls under)  I believe you would get them all (please verify what I am
> saying because I am not 100% on it).  but thats going to be an IP based
> sollution that could be done at your FW as well.
>
> I wish I could suggest more, but I dont know spamassassin to really make
> much more of a suggestion.
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Brian Phelps <brphelps at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>> I know all the risks and problems this will cause, I really need a way
>> to do this though.  Management insists.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jason Watts <jsnonzzr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Isnt there a fear of blocking large companies like MessageLabs and
>> > FrontBridge that use Data centers around the world and produce alot of
>> valid
>> > emails?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Brian Phelps <brphelps at ieee.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have spamassassin installed on my mail server and I would like to
>> >> filter out all mail received from non-US/UK email addresses.
>> >> Is there a way to configure spamassassin to do this?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
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