Re: spamd on OpenBSD 3.2

[The UnSeen <ian () south-border com>]

Not to be confused with the spamd/spamc included as part of the
Spamassassin distribution.  Which with a little help can be used to kill
spam as a milter in sendmail.  $.02

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Lance Spitzner wrote:
>
> > Anyone try out the new spamd(8) on OpenBSD 3.2?  It appears
> > to me to be an Anti-Spam relay honeypot.  From the manpages:
> >
> > DESCRIPTION
> >      spamd is a a fake sendmail(8)-like daemon which absorbs false mail.  If
> >      the pf(4) packet filter is configured to redirect port 25 (SMTP) to this
> >      daemon, it will attempt to waste the time and resources of the spam
> >      sender.
>
> http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20021220021332&mode=flat
>
> Yes, this could considered as an anti-spam relay honeypot.
>
> adulau
>
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