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3		Filtering out SPAM from your site
4        Sendmail now includes excellent tools block spam.  These
5tools are available as FEATUREs that you can add to your site's
6.mc file.  Proper use of these FEATUREs will prevent spammer from
7using your site as a relay as well as significantly decrease the
8amount of spam that arrives at your site.  No set of anti-spam
9tools will block all spam without blocking some portion of legitimate
10mail as well.  Therefore, these FEATUREs are designed to prevent
11as much spam as possible without blocking legitimate mail.
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13	These tools are discussed in /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README.
14Read the section entitled "ANTI-SPAM CONFIGURATION CONTROL".  Example
15usage and additional tools can be found in
16/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/cf/knecht.mc.
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