Re: RelayCountry does not work

[jdow <jd...@earthlink.net>]

From: "Matt Kettler" <mk...@evi-inc.com>

> Igor Chudov wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I did HUP spamc and I see that it works. Thank you Matt! I am
>> very happy, now I can start banning countries.
> 
> Fair enough.. Just remember to unsubscribe yourself from global mailing lists,
> like this one, first... After all, you never know what country an answer to a
> question will come from, and you'll look rather silly having half a conversation.
> 
> The way RelayCountry works, you'll pick up ALL countries a message went through,
> not just the country of the host that dropped it off to your network. Thus,
> mailing list messages will also match the country of origin.
> 
> Moral of the story: blocking countries is fairly dangerous.. Tread carefully here.

And we DO have a nice fellow from China on this list who can offer some
insights into REALLY large SpamAssassin installations. (Ones that dwarf
the likes of AOL.)

{^_-}