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Stop Spam with Grey Listing in SmarterMail


Apr 17, 2008 by Paul White

For the longest time I had the wrong definition of what grey listing is.  Once I figured out what it really is, and implemented it on my server running SmarterMail 4.x. I saw a huge drop in spam.  If you hate spam, this might very well solve all your problems.  Read this article for information on how it works and why it works.
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asp.net http module for project honey pot http IP blacklist


Mar 31, 2008 by Paul White

Project Honey Pot
If there is one things that developers agree on, its that hackers, and spammers should be hunted down, and Killed, ( I mean brought to justice ).  The guys over at Project Honey Pot are leading the fight against spam.  They have setup a HTTP Blacklist that developers can use to validate their visitors IP.  The only problem is writing some code to utilize it might be a little advanced for some.  I have created an HTTP Module for ASP.NET that will validated your visitors before they get into your site.  I even commented my code ( something I usually don't do ), so others can learn.  Give it a try and let me know what you think. 
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Dictionary attack IP list


Mar 31, 2008 by Paul White

This is a list of IPs that tried to send email to users that don't exist on one of my client's sites.  SmarterMail can be setup to reject these IPs after X failed attempts.  Feel free to add these to your blacklists.
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Google Page Rank Explained


Feb 24, 2008 by Paul White


If you build websites for a living, or you just want to increase your rank on google, its important to have a good understanding of how the google page rank system works.  PageRank is nothing more than a numeric number that represents your importance on the internet.  The value goes from NA ( meaning not indexed ) from 0 - 10 ( the only 10 is google ).  I have included some nice pictures to help better explain how it all works.
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Stop Spam in SmarterMail with RBL SBL and BL


Feb 08, 2008 by Paul White

smatermail
Once you get a VPS box from HostMySite and you are running your own mail server, the first thing you will notice is how much spam is getting through.  This is because there are not advanced spam filters setup when Smartermail was installed on your VPS.  So its time to take things into your own hands.  Here is the list of RBL SBL BL servers I use to block 99% of all spam. It works so well I was able to cancel my account with postini.
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