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On Thursday, 20 January 2022 14:22:02 CET Dale wrote: |
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> What do others do with spam to minimize it? |
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Hi Dale, |
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I'm not sure if you're talking about self-hosted mail because you |
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mention dovecot, if you do: |
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I use postfix's smtp_recipient_restrictions to block mail coming from |
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servers marked as spam by RBLs: |
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smtpd_recipient_restrictions = |
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reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, |
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reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net |
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I'm not sure if this is doable through Dovecot configuration, but |
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without an MTA like Postfix you can't receive mail anyway. This alone |
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seems to block most of the spam I get. And additionally I have rspamd |
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and some filters set up because some stuff does get through. I think |
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Postfix also lets you block IP ranges directly in case you get spammed |
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by some network that isn't listed on spamhaus but I haven't needed that |
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yet. |
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> I'm considering setting |
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> up another email address and switching then closing current account. |
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> Yea, it's that annoying. Is there someone I can report them too? Is |
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> there something I'm not recognizing in the message headers that I can |
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> use to report them too? |
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In case you're using some other email provider (is this about your Gmail |
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address?), what you can do regardless is set up filters (ideally server- |
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side if they provide the capability...) filtering mails by e.g. From |
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header (I have a whole list of those), and if they have a well |
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configured spam filter you should be able to move the spam mail into |
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your spam folder and it should eventually start to classify similar mail |
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as spam automatically. (but this is specific to the service so I can't |
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tell you a way that works everywhere) |
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> By the way, I have dovecote set up and the service seems to start. |
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> What do I do after getting the service to start to set up where to |
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> get email etc? |
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If you aren't self-hosting your mail but want to (be warned, it's a fair |
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bit of setup connecting it all together), you first need a domain, a |
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server with a static IP address (don't use some box in your home) that |
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has the correct rDNS record set in addition to DNS, so the hostname can |
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be resolved from its public IP. To actually be able to receive mail, you |
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also need an MTA. Dovecot is just a way to access a mailbox, it doesn't |
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actually handle receiving mail from other servers or sending mail. |
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Postfix is what I use for that, they work well together. I followed |
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these wiki articles among some others I can't find right now to set it |
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up initially: |
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mail_server |
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Postfix |
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dovecot |
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I hope this helps! |
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-Marco |
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