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19b7a44a6SPeter Wemm# $FreeBSD$
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3c38876e3SJonathan M. Bresler		Filtering out SPAM from your site
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531923af7SGregory Neil ShapiroSendmail now includes excellent tools block spam.  These tools are
631923af7SGregory Neil Shapiroavailable as FEATUREs that you can add to your site's .mc file.  Proper use
731923af7SGregory Neil Shapiroof these FEATUREs will prevent spammer from using your site as a relay as
831923af7SGregory Neil Shapirowell as significantly decrease the amount of spam that arrives at your
931923af7SGregory Neil Shapirosite.  No set of anti-spam tools will block all spam without blocking some
1031923af7SGregory Neil Shapiroportion of legitimate mail as well.  Therefore, these FEATUREs are designed
1131923af7SGregory Neil Shapiroto prevent as much spam as possible without blocking legitimate mail.
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1331923af7SGregory Neil ShapiroThese tools are discussed in /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README.  Read the
1431923af7SGregory Neil Shapirosection entitled "ANTI-SPAM CONFIGURATION CONTROL".  Example usage and
1531923af7SGregory Neil Shapiroadditional tools can be found in /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf/knecht.mc.
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