BTW, a number of posts discussing Spam Assassin setup recommend a configuraiton laid out on a page that seems to be dead: <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/id212.htm" target="_blank">http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/id212.htm</a><br /><br /><br />I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this...<br /><br />I was wondering if anyone knows of a tool similar to earthlink's spam blocker. The way it works is this (I sent an email to someone who had this implemented and thought it sounded like a good way to greatly reduce spam while still being safe for real mail):<br /><br />1. I sent an email to them.<br />2. I received an auto reply with a link to a form for me to fill out, including a non-machine readable code. <br />3. The recipient received my email and can either approve or not approve my email address. I suppose my address is added to either a whitelist or blacklist depending on the approval, so any subsequent emails from me are automatically filtered correctly (the form is a one time thing).<br /><br />The advantages I see are<br />1. the form would reduce most, if not all, spam.<br />2. all real email is guaranteed to get through due to approval and whitelisting<br /><br /><br />Here's a sample of the autoreply I received when I sent them my first email.<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I apologize for this automatic reply to your email.<br /><br />To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand.<br /><br />If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see link below). Once I approve you, I will receive your original message in my inbox. You do not need to resend your message. I apologize for this one-time inconvenience.<br /><br />Click the link below to fill out the request:<br /><link no longer active><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--content-->
Welcome to the forums drewkeller <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br /><br />Have a look at BoxTrapper in the mail section of cpanel - is that what you are looking for?<!--content-->
Welcome to the forums. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />For setting up Spam Assassin please check <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/id60.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=151523:date=Oct 8 2005, 03:24 AM:name=TCH-Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TCH-Andy @ Oct 8 2005, 03:24 AM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=151523"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Have a look at BoxTrapper in the mail section of cpanel - is that what you are looking for?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I don't see this option. You're not referring to the Spam Assassin's Spam Box, are you?<br /><br />Here's what I have:<br /><br />Mail Manager Main Menu<br /><br />Web Mail<br />Email Domain Forwarding<br />Manage/Add/Remove Accounts<br />Default Address <br />Autoresponders<br />E-mail Filtering<br />Forwarders<br />Mailing Lists<br />Spam Assassin<br />Trace an E-mail Address<br />Modify Mail Exchanger (MX Entry)<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->For setting up Spam Assassin please check here.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Thanks!<!--content-->
Welcome to the forums drewkeller<!--content-->
Welcome to the forum, drewkeller. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
Welcome to the forums! It should be in the Email section. If not, drop a note to the help desk (link above) and have them check it out.<!--content-->
Box Trapper is not on all servers. I don't know if it has improved but it was quite buggy before.<!--content-->
I have seen several places that offer this service. One I just googled is bluebotttle.com - at first glance it seems like it's free but you have to have <!-- e --><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><!-- e --> for it to work - it won't work with your TCH domain for instance.<!--content-->
thanks for all the responses! i've actually been on TCH for a couple years now, just don't visit the forums very often.<br /><br />I submitted a ticket to the help desk for Box Trapper and I will check it out.<br /><br />I tried to get the Spam Assassin setup PDF, but apparently that link is dead... is this just me?<br /><a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTMLobj-252/EmailSpamAssassin.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTM...pamAssassin.pdf</a><br /><br />bluebottle sounds exactly like what i was looking for, but you have to use their servers and have @bluebottle.com email, just as Jim said<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=151755:date=Oct 10 2005, 11:09 AM:name=drewkeller)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(drewkeller @ Oct 10 2005, 11:09 AM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=151755"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I tried to get the Spam Assassin setup PDF, but apparently that link is dead... is this just me?<br /><a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTMLobj-252/EmailSpamAssassin.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTM...pamAssassin.pdf</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />I can't get there either. I will have someone look into it.<!--content-->
Here's what I received back from the help desk<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Box Trapper<br /><br />A TotalChoice Staff Member has replied to your Help Desk Ticket with the following:<br /><br />We are actually removing this feature from all our servers and will not be offering it on any servers.<br /> <br />There are simply to many load issues with the feature and we find it causes to many issues.<br /> <br />Sorry<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--content-->
Here are a few free scripts I found<br /><br />ASK and WebASK<br /><u>http://www.paganini.net/ask/</u><br /><u>http://sourceforge.net/projects/a-s-k/</u><br /><u>http://sourceforge.net/projects/webask/</u><br /><br />TMDA (and TMDA GUI)<br /><u>http://www.tmda.net/</u><br /><u>http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmda</u><br /><u>http://www.tmda.net/tmda-cgi/</u> <br /><br />Spam Cracker<br /><u>http://www.spamcracker.com/</u><br /><br />AntiSpam Script<br /><u>http://www.goldenscripts.com/antispam.html</u><!--content-->
Welcome to the forums drewkeller <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br /><br />Have a look at BoxTrapper in the mail section of cpanel - is that what you are looking for?<!--content-->Welcome to the forums. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />For setting up Spam Assassin please check <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/id60.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.<!--content--><!--quoteo(post=151523:date=Oct 8 2005, 03:24 AM:name=TCH-Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TCH-Andy @ Oct 8 2005, 03:24 AM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=151523"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Have a look at BoxTrapper in the mail section of cpanel - is that what you are looking for?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I don't see this option. You're not referring to the Spam Assassin's Spam Box, are you?<br /><br />Here's what I have:<br /><br />Mail Manager Main Menu<br /><br />Web Mail<br />Email Domain Forwarding<br />Manage/Add/Remove Accounts<br />Default Address <br />Autoresponders<br />E-mail Filtering<br />Forwarders<br />Mailing Lists<br />Spam Assassin<br />Trace an E-mail Address<br />Modify Mail Exchanger (MX Entry)<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->For setting up Spam Assassin please check here.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Thanks!<!--content-->
Welcome to the forums drewkeller<!--content-->
Welcome to the forum, drewkeller. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->Welcome to the forums! It should be in the Email section. If not, drop a note to the help desk (link above) and have them check it out.<!--content-->
Box Trapper is not on all servers. I don't know if it has improved but it was quite buggy before.<!--content-->
I have seen several places that offer this service. One I just googled is bluebotttle.com - at first glance it seems like it's free but you have to have <!-- e --><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><!-- e --> for it to work - it won't work with your TCH domain for instance.<!--content-->
thanks for all the responses! i've actually been on TCH for a couple years now, just don't visit the forums very often.<br /><br />I submitted a ticket to the help desk for Box Trapper and I will check it out.<br /><br />I tried to get the Spam Assassin setup PDF, but apparently that link is dead... is this just me?<br /><a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTMLobj-252/EmailSpamAssassin.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTM...pamAssassin.pdf</a><br /><br />bluebottle sounds exactly like what i was looking for, but you have to use their servers and have @bluebottle.com email, just as Jim said<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=151755:date=Oct 10 2005, 11:09 AM:name=drewkeller)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(drewkeller @ Oct 10 2005, 11:09 AM) <a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=151755"><img src='http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I tried to get the Spam Assassin setup PDF, but apparently that link is dead... is this just me?<br /><a href="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTMLobj-252/EmailSpamAssassin.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/help/HTM...pamAssassin.pdf</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />I can't get there either. I will have someone look into it.<!--content-->
Here's what I received back from the help desk<br /><br /><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Box Trapper<br /><br />A TotalChoice Staff Member has replied to your Help Desk Ticket with the following:<br /><br />We are actually removing this feature from all our servers and will not be offering it on any servers.<br /> <br />There are simply to many load issues with the feature and we find it causes to many issues.<br /> <br />Sorry<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--content-->
Here are a few free scripts I found<br /><br />ASK and WebASK<br /><u>http://www.paganini.net/ask/</u><br /><u>http://sourceforge.net/projects/a-s-k/</u><br /><u>http://sourceforge.net/projects/webask/</u><br /><br />TMDA (and TMDA GUI)<br /><u>http://www.tmda.net/</u><br /><u>http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmda</u><br /><u>http://www.tmda.net/tmda-cgi/</u> <br /><br />Spam Cracker<br /><u>http://www.spamcracker.com/</u><br /><br />AntiSpam Script<br /><u>http://www.goldenscripts.com/antispam.html</u><!--content-->