Spam blocking in 2026
I self host my email since 20+ years. Always done with the postfix + dovecot stack with the works (dkim dmark DNS stuff etc).
In the last few years I just removed all spam filters as they where a chore and didn't provide no much benefit (3-5 spam emails per week) even if my main email address has been out and about for at least 2 decades or more.
Recently, last few weeks, spam is picking up to the point I receive some 10+ spam emails per day and this is pretty annoying, obviously.
So, what are you doing for spam filtering at server level nowadays? Is it still spamassassin circus? Anything better or more efficient?
This entry was edited (Sunday, April 12, 2026, 1:27 PM)
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ETA: I know what opnsense is, I have never used it so I am unaware of all of the packages it can run.
Spam blocking in 2026 - Lemmy.World
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in reply to Shimitar • • •rspamd is used nowadays. Add sieve filtering to automatically move mails with a 7.0 or higher to a spam-folder. Manually move mails there that haven't been detected and move mails out of the spam folder that have been falsely detected (personally don't have any false positives with rspamd).
Then set up bayes learning with rspamd, either when mails are moved between folders or every few hours.
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in reply to Shimitar • • •Not 100% on topic, but as a preventative method, I use an email forwarding service (like SimpleLogin, Anonaddy, etc), because you can just delete an alias if it starts spamming.
Might be too late for that now though, I'm guessing once your email gets out there, it's gonna be rough going for a long while until they stop spamming, if they ever do.
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in reply to conorab • • •That seems overkill, in fact my 20y old only address still works pretty fine, and with rspamd setup, with basic settings, the annoying few emails have been intercepted now.
But indeed an extreme but effective approach, yours.
SpatchyIsOnline
in reply to Shimitar • • •The best way I found to combat spam was to change my email address. Was it a pain? Yes. Was it worth it? Absolutely yes.
Suddenly I can just give my email address out to services I trust, and I set up a temporary alias for anything I don't (although I tend to avoid those these days anyway).