Re: [sniffer] Interesting Article

2005-02-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Friday, February 18, 2005, 12:43:14 PM, Computer wrote: CHS Hi Sniffer Folks, CHS   CHS Here's an interesting article:   CHS http://www.technewsworld.com/story/39578.html I think this is a rehash of a story that showed up a few weeks ago. One of the advantages of SNF is that it doesn't use

RE: [sniffer] Interesting Article

2005-02-18 Thread Andy Schmidt
Also, leading Internet service company AOL (NYSE: AOL) said it noticed a sharp drop in spam being sent to its members during 2004. Yet most observers say spam is at least as bad A result of AOL's aggressive legal stand (helped by their location in VA and the support by their local law

RE: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread Andy Schmidt
It needs to be a transport sink, or at least work with one in order to prevent ongoing issues with brute force spam floods. Huh? Why would it need to be a transport sink? Why first accept and store the message - and then generate bounce messages (in case it's a false positive)? Scanning at

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread Andy Schmidt
The idea being that you don't want any more content searching than is necessary, particularly when a recipients-dictionary-attack is underway. Okay, but if you wait until the message is stored in the queue and NOW you have to scan each one with a command-line process - how is THAT better

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi Andrew: The idea being that you don't want any more content searching than is necessary The content searching happens at the very end of the protocol conversation. By that time you already have processed your IP, HELO, SENDER etc. policies (e.g. DNS BL, local BLs, etc.) Or are you saying

Re: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread Matt
I guess you essentially got my point and what appears to be Sandy's. Once you take an Exchange server (or any other server) and insert such a gateway, you loose your ability to do address validation. Nowadays this is vital due to real world circumstances as you have yourself experienced. If

Re: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread Matt
Title: Message Yeah, I mixed up some words earlier in my reply to Sandy's post. I should have said that it needed to be paired with or run as a protocol/OnInBound sink that also does address validation. That's probably what confused you as to the meaning of what I had said earlier. I'm only

RE: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread ron
Hi folks, I think I have ended up on some sort of private email list. Can you please remove [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] from your mail list. Thanks! Ron Doss Quoting Andy Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It needs to be a transport sink, or at least work with one in order to prevent

Re: [sniffer] IIS SMTP Integration

2005-02-18 Thread ron
Hello, Can you please remove me from your mail list. My address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! Ron Quoting Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I guess you essentially got my point and what appears to be Sandy's. Once you take an Exchange server (or any other server) and insert such