Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Where Does Declude pull this information from?

2008-03-03 Thread Mike N.
Like many peddlers of security software, they can sell more by portraying the situation as worse than it really is. I tried this on an ISP who has been in the business since 1997. Aggressively anti-spam, although they have to fight against stolen account passwords, etc. Reputation: Likely

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Outlook 'Blank Folding' Vulnerability

2007-12-03 Thread Mike N.
The 'Blank Folding' vulnerability may be allowed by the RFC, but that doesn't make them the right thing to do. The problem is that virus scanners don't scan for attachments that could be embedded into the headers in one of these lines but Outlook would still execute them.Just because no

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] decludeproc stopped working

2007-03-07 Thread Mike N
BlankThis used to happen to us several times daily with old versions (Sep 2006 version). Since upgrading to the latest (4.3.30), we have not seen any problem.The 3.x family should have a corresponding recent release that will fix your problem. (In our cases, the problem message -

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] IMail 2006.2 Known Issues with Declude...

2007-03-07 Thread Mike N
Mostly with external DB: If upgrading from 2006.1 or less, and if your external DB is on another machine, you must move the changes you made to machine.config into the app's web.config under the appropriate section - if you followed this procedure earlier:

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Decludeproc.ex Faulting Applicaction

2007-02-19 Thread Mike N
Isn't the function of DEP to protect all internet-facing services from buffer overflows?Does Declude legitimately execute code in a data segment?If DEP cannot be enabled, collect samples of poison messages / messages that cause .GP1 and .GP2 files with the latest version and send them

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] [Declude.JunkMail] Imail 2006.2

2007-02-12 Thread Mike N
Especially since 2006.2 fixes a vulnerabilty in 2006.1 - we'll have to roll it out quickly. - Original Message - From: Scott Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] [Declude.JunkMail] Imail

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] [Declude.JunkMail] IMail 2006.2

2007-02-12 Thread Mike N
What vulnerability in 2006.1 are you referring to? AFAIK, there is none. John T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike N Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:44 AM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] AUTOREVIEW OFF

2006-11-11 Thread Mike N
I would recommend sending the DECLUDE.GP1 and GP2 files to Declude for analysis. In addition, look at the .GP1 file to see if you can retrieve the message that caused the crash and include that when sending to Declude. I have found one such case and those formats come in spurts - some times

[Declude.JunkMail] OT -Stand - in for Blue Frog / Okopipi?

2006-11-11 Thread Mike N
Since Blue Frog died and Okopipi isn't done yet, here's the Spur-M-Enator(TM) - http://thecarpcstore.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=389postdays=0postorder=ascstart=0 Is it legal? Does it work? Who knows? But it can't hurt to find outg. Includes all source as _javascript_. Runs in a browser

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] End of headers {was - declude not modifying subject line}

2006-11-09 Thread Mike N
 I've seen some messages with dozens of Kbytes of CC and TO E-mail lists that would fail this test. - Original Message - From: Herb Guenther To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] End of

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Upgrades Concerns

2006-10-27 Thread Mike N
There is a minor compatability problem with 8.2x and 1.82 in the form of an occasional memory leak - shouldn't be an issue with lower volumes. We ran on this configuration for a while. Declude 4.X works fine with 8.22. - Original Message - From: Brian T. To:

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Stupid Spammer Humor

2006-10-18 Thread Mike N
You can now submit Phishes to http://www.phishtank.com . At least you can do something about them now, but it remains to be seen how effective the information will be. - Original Message - From: Dave Beckstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Sent: Wednesday,

Re: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Stupid Spammer Humor

2006-10-18 Thread Mike N
I've read some stories on this one. Is Declude considering developing support for this with their API? I don't know about Declude, but it's a natural plugin for one or more of the SURBLs - I expect they'll have something soon. In which case, the InvURBL add-on will catch these eventually.

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Licensing problem after upgrade

2006-10-12 Thread Mike N
The 2005 date for declude.exe is fine - it just hasn't needed changes since then. Declude.cfg holds settings for the overall Declude Service, and the overall licensing. Global.cfg is just for common Junkmail settings. - Original Message - From: Frederick Samarelli

[Declude.JunkMail] Internal AVG vs Fprot CPU?

2006-10-10 Thread Mike N
Has anyone measured the difference in CPU requirements between Fprot and the internal AVG? We've upgraded to the latest Declude and turned off the internal scanner for now. We will probably migrate before the Fprot renewal under the new terms - I just wanted an idea if we have to upgrade to

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] FIND command question

2006-09-23 Thread Mike N
Find /I /I Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string. - Original Message - Question, what is the best quick way to search the logs via command line for a string and not have the search be case sensitive? Seek /I, and ye shall find! g --- This E-mail

Re: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] Buffer overflow in Ipswitch products

2006-09-12 Thread Mike N
The proof-of-concepts which have been tested on multiple versions also list a not vulnerable category if other versions have been tested. I get the feeling that Ipswitch has washed its hands of the previous version that is more than 90 days old. They take a passive approach to security;

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Newest version

2006-09-11 Thread Mike N
I am running the latest versions ... The Decludeproc does crash on average 1-2 times per day for me, but it restarts itself. Do the crashes produce Declude.GP1 and Declude.GP2 files? Does Declude Support still accept Declude.GP1 and GP2 files?Nobody writes perfect code, but if

[Declude.JunkMail] Hijack: Blocklist feature request

2006-07-20 Thread Mike N
Product: Declude Security Suite 4.x Function: Hijack Hijack is critical to ISPs today because viruses can show up at any time and get your server on a blacklist before you can detect and react. Problem #1 - After a customer has cleaned out their PC and removed the virus, there must be a

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Hijack: Blocklist feature request

2006-07-20 Thread Mike N
The file Console.txt seems to be write-only; it is useful for finding out what's going on, but I don't think it's possible to edit and have DecludeProc reread it unless it is just not documented some how. [Console.txt is displayed by the WebConfiguration GUI] - Original Message -

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 4.3

2006-07-18 Thread Mike N
If E-mail with spam and virus protection is offered to our customers as a loss leader for an unrelated business, does this mean that CommTouch would pay us to use their product? (Negative revenue). - Original Message - What makes the good folk at Declude and CommTouch believe

[Declude.JunkMail] Country tests

2006-07-11 Thread Mike N
I looked in the 4.x Junkmail manual, and couldn't find an authoritative definition of the Country tests. I have found a number of archived messages, but it is tricky to know if the reason that things are documented is that they are being deprecated or whatever. Is there a Kbase article or

[Declude.JunkMail] Sorta OT: Schmoo and unsubscribe spammer

2006-06-13 Thread Mike N
I have seen a spammer who is either using broken spamware or intentionally attaching an extra E-mail address to a real-named target mortgage spam. The result is that you get messages like John Smith: IRS seizure where John Smith is a co-worker or neighbor of the same E-mail domain. I call it

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Growing Pains

2006-06-13 Thread Mike N
Thanks for the update - it was very well written. I can be patient to wait for everything to get organized knowing what is going on. My input - Please keep a priority on 'no-error' software: The software should never fault. If it does, you should be able to use DECLUDE.GP1 and

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Experience with 4.x

2006-05-23 Thread Mike N
I found that WINSOCKCLEANUP ON would force a reset if the \proc directory never hits 0. In this case, files build up in the \review subfolder which require manual processing. - Original Message - From: David Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Insufficient system resources error

2005-06-03 Thread Mike N
On 8.15HF2 - The problem has been occuring here (slightly more frequently on weekends, leading me to believe hack/DOS) through last weekend. Then no problem since then. - Original Message - From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Sent: