Yosi's Anti-Spam POP3 fIlter bot

news

• German docs contributed by Bastian Pöttner available / Deutsche Unterlagen vorhanden: yaspi, howto, GUI howto, FAQ.
• FAQ (frequently asked questions) now available from here
• HOW-TO for the GUI version now available here
• New version 0.10 with improved GUI
• New version 0.08 with GUI
• New developer on the project: MoMad
• New version 0.07 that corrects several bugs released
• The Swen Killer is here!
• new version 0.05 available with better docs
• new HOW-TO available (tambien en español!)
• docs in Spanish available now / documentacion en español disponible aqui
• new version 0.04 available, it solves several problems when running on Windows

introduction

yaspi is a POP3 mail scanner specifically done to combat mailbox floods caused by virus like Swen.

It connects to the POP3 server, looks at the headers of the new messages and deletes those that seem to be virus generated without ever downloading them.

yaspi most interesting feature is that it can automatically send abuse reports to the ISPs where the mails were originated. This way, most infected machines will be either disinfected or disconnected from the Internet (and so, sending infected mails!).

features

• it's free, distributed under the GNU GPL
• runs under Windows and Unix/Linux (maybe under Mac OS X, but untested)
• virus detecting rules are fully customizable
• integrated with Ricochet to send abuse reports

download

yaspi source and binaries are available from the SourceForge project pages at http://sourceforge.net/projects/yaspi

docs

• English: yaspi command instructions, HOW-TO, GUI HOW-TO and FAQ.
• Español: instrucciones version de consola y HOW-TO (los documentos FAQ y GUI HOW-TO todavía no están disponibles en castellano).
• Deutch: yaspi console, HOW-TO, GUI HOW-TO und FAQ.

screenshots

• yaspi reports about deleted messages: see image here
• automatic replies to the abuse reports: see image here
• abuse report

do you want to collaborate?

There are several things you can do to improve yaspi:

• subscribe to yaspi mailing lists and help other people to install and use it
• sent me bot.cfg templates for your favourite ISPs so I can include them with yaspi
• a tutorial explaining how to install the GUI version including screenshots of all the needed steps
• icons for the GUI version
• translate the documentation to other languages: Italian, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, etc.