Does it matter that I don't have postmaster whitelisted...is this test still valid?
Richard Farris Ethixs Online 1.270.247.5555 Office 1.800.548.3877 Tech Support ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED])" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:44 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Whitelisted- getting thru > Andy, > > This works because the action on the "Postmaster" test is ROUTETO back to the > postmaster. > > How it works > [1] Lowers the weight of the email by 100 so that the message will not be held > or deleted in our system > [2] Re-routes the message back to the postmaster only if the postmaster account > was an actual recipient of that email. > > Our policy is that we want to accept any mail destined to the postmaster or > abuse account simply because if someone is being blocked by our spam filtering > we would like to give them the opportunity to contact us to resolve the issue. > > However, with just whitelisting the postmaster account you open yourself up to > allowing spam to your users if the spammer adds the postmaster account to the > email. > > The solution above mitigates this, because it reroutes the message to the > postmaster preventing it from going to the user. The -100 just prevents it > from being deleted. > > So in the end > [1] The postmaster gets the mail and the other recipients don't. > > Darrell > > Quoting Andy Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Darrell: > > > > Your technique assigns a weight of -100 to the mail if it contains a certain > > email address as the recipient? > > > > Once the mail has a weight of -100 (adjusted by any failed tests) - how does > > that PREVENT the email from being delivered to all the OTHER recipients? > > > > I'm not clear how the effect is different from a whitelist? > > > > Best Regards > > Andy Schmidt > > > > H&M Systems Software, Inc. > > 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 > > Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 > > > > Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) > > Fax: +1 201 934-9206 > > > > http://www.HM-Software.com/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:51 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Whitelisted- getting thru > > > > > > Richard, > > > > This is a common problem especially when dealing with postmaster account. > > Most people whitelist postmaster and because spammers know this they often > > include a postmaster address because they know the message (even to the > > other recipients) will be delivered. > > > > I posted awhile back on what I do to get around it. Check out > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11041.html > > > > Hope this helps! > > Darrell > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude and > > Imail. > > > > Quoting Richard Farris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I have noticed that some of the spam getting thru is because a I have > > > several in my whitelist and even though it is not addressed to them it > > > sends it on because the whitelisted email is in the CC or BCC... > > > > > > Isn't there any way to whitelist only if it is addressed to that > > > person in the To: box? > > > > > > Richard Farris > > > Ethixs Online > > > 1.270.247.5555 Office > > > 1.800.548.3877 Tech Support > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > --- > > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, > > just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe > > Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at > > http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > --- > > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude and Imail. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
