[sniffer] Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]WeightGate source, just in case...

2006-06-08 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Pete, Thursday, June 8, 2006, 9:41:55 AM, you wrote: It does look a little weird. Sometimes it's normal though. I'll see if I can identify anything odd in the settings. _M I've changed the settings. I hope this response works ok. _M Testing. Sorry for the extra trafic - only way

[sniffer] Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]WeightGate source, just in case...

2006-06-08 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Pete, Thursday, June 8, 2006, 9:42:42 AM, you wrote: Hello Pete, Thursday, June 8, 2006, 9:41:55 AM, you wrote: It does look a little weird. Sometimes it's normal though. I'll see if I can identify anything odd in the settings. _M I've changed the settings. I hope this response

[sniffer] Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]WeightGate source, just in case...

2006-06-08 Thread Matt
Pete, My understanding was that Declude treats different arguments to an executable as just being other forms of that executable so it only processes it once. I'm not positive one way or another. It's worth testing though. Matt Pete McNeil wrote: Hello Matt, Wednesday, June 7, 2006,

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Darin, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 7:31:29 AM, you wrote: The one issue with this I have is   1) Forward full original source to Sniffer with license code. If we could do it without the license code, it would be much easier to automate on our end.  I already have a

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Darin Cox
McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Message Sniffer Community sniffer@sortmonster.com Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 8:25 AM Subject: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions Hello Darin, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 7:31:29 AM, you wrote: The one issue with this I have is 1) Forward full original

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Darin, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 8:44:26 AM, you wrote: Hi Pete, Can I interpret this as email address and matching source IP are sufficient if the correct email address is used to submit? Yes. If not, do you have any suggestions on how you would like to see us inserting the license

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Scott, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 10:08:58 AM, you wrote: For me the pain of false positives submissions is the research that happens when I get a no rule found return.   I then need to find the queue-id of the original message and then find the appropriate Sniffer log

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Matt
Pete, An X-Header would be very, very nice to have. I understand the issues related to waiting to see if something comes through, and because of that, I would maybe suggest moving on your own. Sniffer doesn't need to be run on every single message in a Declude system. Through weight based

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Matt, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 3:37:36 PM, you wrote: Pete, An X-Header would be very, very nice to have.  I understand the issues related to waiting to see if something comes through, and because of that, I would maybe suggest moving on your own. I've got it on the list to

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Matt, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 4:22:05 PM, you wrote: Pete, Since the %WEIGHT% variable is added by Declude, it might make sense to have a qualifier instead of making the values space delimited. I don't want to mix delimiters... everything so far is using spaces, so it makes

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Darin, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 5:05:28 PM, you wrote: snip/ Uh, but the D file contains mime segments corresponding to attachments. That's ok. SNF looks inside those, and w/ the FP scanning software inside the rfc822 atachment also. It's not perfect, but the majority of the time it

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]A design question - how many DNS based tests?

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Darin, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 5:09:27 PM, you wrote: snip/ That would be a bad idea, sorry. After 30 days (heck, after 2) spam is usually long-since filtered, or dead. As a result, looking at 30 day old spam would have a cost, but little benefit. You misinterpreted what I was saying.

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions Pete,I think that you just broke Scott's record with his two hour feature request with your own a two hour program :)Anyone remember those days???Thanks,MattPete McNeil wrote: Hello Matt, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 4:22:05 PM, you

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Darin Cox
Awesome. Great job, Pete. Darin. - Original Message - From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Message Sniffer Community sniffer@sortmonster.com Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 6:49 PM Subject: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions Hello Matt

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Darin Cox
Unfortunately, by the time the message gets to us it is sometimes just different enough that the original pattern cannot be found. There are some folks who consistently have success, and some who occasionally have problems, and a few who always have a problem. Different in what way? Is the mail

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]FP suggestions

2006-06-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Darin, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 7:26:48 PM, you wrote: Unfortunately, by the time the message gets to us it is sometimes just different enough that the original pattern cannot be found. There are some folks who consistently have success, and some who occasionally have problems, and a few

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]A design question - how many DNS based tests?

2006-06-06 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Peer-to-Peer, That's a good point. Any kind, perhaps by category. I was originally thinking of just RBLs of various types. Thanks, _M Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 9:46:01 AM, you wrote: Hi _M, Do you mean like reverse PTR records, or HELO lookups, etc..? --Paul R. -Original

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Numeric spam topic change to png stock spam

2006-06-06 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Nick, What is your false positive rate with that pattern? _M Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 10:05:18 AM, you wrote: Hi Markus - Markus Gufler wrote: There is also another type of spam (stock spam now with attached png image) this morning passing our filters. I am catching these fairly

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Numeric spam topic change to png stock spam

2006-06-06 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Jonathan, I urge caution from experience... png images are not entirely rare, and the cid: tag format in the regex is also common. I'd love to be wrong - but I recall false positives with similar attempts in the past. Is there more to this than the two elements I just described -

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Numeric spam topic change to png stock spam

2006-06-06 Thread Nick Hayer
Pete McNeil wrote: Hello Nick, What is your false positive rate with that pattern? Hmm lets go to the MDLP for yesterday :) SS HH HS SH SA SQ REGEX.STOCK.BODY 331 0 0 66 0.667506 0.445565 COMBO.STOCK_PNG 16 0 0 1 0.882353 0.778547 The regex alone will fp; I

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Numeric spam topic change to png stock spam

2006-06-06 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Nick, Thanks. That's all good then :-) _M Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 10:46:55 AM, you wrote: Pete McNeil wrote: Hello Nick, What is your false positive rate with that pattern? Hmm lets go to the MDLP for yesterday  :)                                            SS  

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]AW: [sniffer]AW: [sniffer]Concerned about amount of spam going through

2006-06-06 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Andrew, Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 11:44:46 AM, you wrote: David, Are you using the free version of sniffer? Or did you deliberately change your .exe name in your posting to sniffer.exe to hide your licence number? I certainly expect that the rulebase lag with the free version will

Re: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Numeric spam topic change to png stock spam

2006-06-06 Thread Jonathan Hickman
Subject: [sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Numeric spam topic change to png stock spam Hello Jonathan, I urge caution from experience... png images are not entirely rare, and the cid: tag format in the regex is also common. I'd love to be wrong - but I recall false positives with similar attempts

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]A design question - how many DNS based tests?

2006-06-06 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Matt, Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 12:37:56 PM, you wrote: snip/ appropriately and tend to hit less often, but the FP issues with Sniffer have grown due to cross checking automated rules with other lists that I use, causing two hits on a single piece of data. For instance, if SURBL has an

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Ebay Phishing Emails getting through

2006-05-18 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Andrew, Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 5:35:36 PM, you wrote: Certainly, submitting samples to spam@ (or preferably your local spam submission point polled by our bots) will put these messages in front of us if we have not already created rules for them. I've just manually submitted the

[sniffer]Re[2]: [sniffer]Ebay Phishing Emails getting through

2006-05-17 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Daniel, Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 3:07:38 PM, you wrote: I've gotten one myself. The pharmacy ones, are still coming through too for that matter. Here is what the latest wave has looked like from here (attached image). You can see, starting about 24 hours ago a jagged, but fairly

Re[2]: [sniffer] Lot of Drugs Spam getting through sniffer....

2006-05-05 Thread Pete McNeil
On Friday, May 5, 2006, 11:02:00 AM, Darin wrote: DC Not just drugs, but some others too have been slipping through the past DC couple of days. We've reported a little under 40 in the past couple of DC days. We saw a bit of a lull, then a rash of new campaigns bunched together with some new

Re[2]: [sniffer] Lot of Drugs Spam getting through sniffer....

2006-05-05 Thread Pete McNeil
We've had that rule before and had to pull it for false positives. _M On Friday, May 5, 2006, 11:41:50 AM, John wrote: JTL FYI, I created a Declude Filter: JTL Subject END NOTCONTAINS news JTL BODY25 CONTAINShttp://geocities.com/ JTL Been catching every one

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Lot of Drugs Spam getting through sniffer....

2006-05-05 Thread John T (Lists)
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:09 AM To: John T (Lists) Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Lot of Drugs Spam getting through sniffer We've had that rule before and had to pull it for false positives. _M On Friday, May 5, 2006, 11:41:50 AM, John wrote

Re[2]: [sniffer] Message loop

2006-04-20 Thread Pete McNeil
Yes, I'm sorry. I'm still working on that with the back-end server guys over there. I am getting your messages though. Please ignore the jsmith bounces for now. I will keep on them. Thanks! _M On Thursday, April 20, 2006, 12:11:25 PM, Scott wrote: SF Still happening when I reply to false

Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 11:37:30 AM, Darin wrote: DC Nope. None of them. DC I haven't heard back from the replies to a couple of false positives on the DC 10th, and we haven't heard anything from our submissions on the 16th (6) and DC 17th (2). I don't remember if we've heard anything from

Re[2]: [sniffer] New Web Site!

2006-03-17 Thread Pete McNeil
On Friday, March 17, 2006, 11:53:58 AM, John wrote: JTL What is the purpose of using a WIKI site? A few things really - * It's fast and easy to create, update, and correct the content. Things happen quickly here and in the messaging security business in general. It makes sense to use tools that

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] New RuleBot F002 Online

2006-03-13 Thread Darin Cox
McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darin Cox sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:23 AM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] New RuleBot F002 Online On Friday, March 10, 2006, 3:41:00 PM, Darin wrote: DC Totally agree. I'd like to see some separation between rules created by DC newer rulebots

Re[2]: [sniffer] F001 Rule Bot Change

2006-03-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On Thursday, March 9, 2006, 8:48:43 AM, Nick wrote: NH Hi Pete - NH Pete McNeil wrote: Hello Sniffer Folks, The F001 Rule Bot has been adjusted. NH Is it possible for you to recommend a percentage of accuracy or maybe NH better stated a percentage of delete weight for each rule? I am

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001

2006-03-08 Thread Support Traction IT
65 Could this please stop, sniffer was pretty reliable for us, but not at the moment. Regards, Marcel Sangers Traction IT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: dinsdag 7 maart 2006 0:18 To: Darin Cox Subject: Re[2

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] declude tests

2006-03-07 Thread Harry Vanderzand
McNeil Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:28 PM To: Harry Vanderzand Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] declude tests On Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 6:20:04 PM, Harry wrote: HV I guess I am not understanding something here after all this time HV So as I understand I leave the persistent word out

Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001

2006-03-06 Thread Pete McNeil
On Monday, March 6, 2006, 3:13:53 PM, Jay wrote: JSHNL There's been at least one FP ;) JSHNL -- JSHNL Rule - 861038 JSHNL NameF001 for Message 2888327: [216.239.56.131] JSHNL Created 2006-03-02 JSHNL Source 216.239.56.131 JSHNL Hidden false JSHNL Blocked false

Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001

2006-03-06 Thread Pete McNeil
On Monday, March 6, 2006, 3:42:50 PM, Darin wrote: DC We just reviewed this morning's logs and had a few false positives. Not DC sure if these are due to the new rulebot, but it's more than we've had for DC the entire day for the past month. DC Rules DC -- DC 873261 DC 866398 DC 856734

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001

2006-03-06 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
To: Darin Cox Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001 On Monday, March 6, 2006, 3:42:50 PM, Darin wrote: DC We just reviewed this morning's logs and had a few false positives. DC Not sure if these are due to the new rulebot, but it's more than DC we've had for the entire day for the past

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001

2006-03-06 Thread Darin Cox
Thanks, Pete. Darin. - Original Message - From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darin Cox sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 6:17 PM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] New Rulebot F001 On Monday, March 6, 2006, 3:42:50 PM, Darin wrote: DC We just reviewed this morning's

Re[2]: [sniffer] New rulebase compilers online.

2006-03-06 Thread Pete McNeil
On Monday, March 6, 2006, 6:09:43 PM, Matt wrote: M Pete, M Does this mean that you are somehow supporting incremental rule base M updates, or is it that the compiler is just much faster so we will get M the same number of updates, but generally get them 40-120 minutes M earlier in relation to

Re[2]: [sniffer] Sniffer, MDLP, and invURIBL?

2006-02-25 Thread Pete McNeil
On Saturday, February 25, 2006, 1:38:53 PM, Joe wrote: JW JW JW I would actually prefer that MDLP autotune the weight for JW invURIBL, but since the weights are managed by invURIBL and not JW Declude I don't know how this will work. I'm not familiar enough with invURIBL to know how it is

Re[2]: [sniffer] Running sniffer as a service

2006-02-24 Thread Pete McNeil
On Friday, February 24, 2006, 7:13:47 AM, Jeff wrote: JP Do I need to modify anything in my Declude configuration file where it calls JP the SNIFFER test in order for this to function ?? No. You set up a persistent instance outside of Declude and the other SNF instances adapt automatically. _M

Re[2]: [sniffer] When to go persistent

2006-02-23 Thread Pete McNeil
On Thursday, February 23, 2006, 11:53:51 AM, LLC wrote: JISL I'm investigating the persistant mode and read the info on the web site. JISL Can't make heads or tails of it. JISL How do enable persistant mode on a Windows 2003 Server? The web site speaks JISL hypothetically, but the information

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] When to go persistent

2006-02-23 Thread Goran Jovanovic
Pete, To run in persistent mode, simply launch an instance of SNF from the command line with the word persistent in place of the file to scan. licenseid.exe authentication persistent I am calling Sniffer from Declude. Could I just later my statement in my config file to include

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:16:11 AM, Andy wrote: AS Sorry - didn't mean to be pushy. I just thought that false positives are AS worse than missed spam, so I had assumed that they would always be at the AS top of the queue. It is a very tough balancing act. Don't feel bad at all - you're

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Andy Schmidt
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:04 AM To: Andy Schmidt Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:16:11 AM, Andy wrote: AS Sorry - didn't mean to be pushy. I just thought that false

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Scott Fisher
I like this idea more than the email notification. I really don't need more emails. - Original Message - From: Andy Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? Hi Pete

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Darin Cox
. Darin. - Original Message - From: Andy Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:16 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? Hi Pete, I agree that the email notification is tricky - because you might respond

Re[2]: [sniffer] [Fwd: Diann Helms]

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 11:02:11 AM, Bonno wrote: BB Hi Pete, BB [] If you wish, it is possible to create a local black rule for any geocities link. On many ISP systems this would cause false positives, but on more private systems it may be a reasonable solution. BB I think I

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 4:32:14 PM, Robert wrote: RG The X-SNF header. Sounds like a good idea. Is there a cheat sheet someplace RG for making that happen, if possible, in a Declude / Imail environment? RG Thanks ahead of time, In the distribution the option is described in the .cfg

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
Jim, Not at this time. The two processes are entirely different. The False Positives process is highly interactive. The standardized responses were implemented to allow for some automation on both sides. Spam submissions are always treated as anonymous for security reasons and also because of

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 4:48:43 PM, Computer wrote: CHS I second the motion. We have been submitting spam for over a year and I CHS don't know if a single one was received. In general, if you've not received an error during delivery, we most certainly got your message... it may have

Re[2]: [sniffer] problems!!!!

2006-02-08 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 10:59:09 AM, Darin wrote: DC I have an idea.  These problems seem to stem mostly from changes DC in the methods of handling rulebase updates. snip/ DC Would it be feasible to announce in advance when such changes DC are to be implemented?  With advance notice

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] problems!!!!

2006-02-08 Thread Darin Cox
that, and unfreeze once it was clear that no glut of false positives would result. Darin. - Original Message - From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darin Cox sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] problems On Wednesday, February 8

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] problems!!!!

2006-02-08 Thread Filippo Palmili
What is the correct Sniffer string in Declude Global.cfg file. SNIFFER external nonzero d:\imail\declude\sniffer\sniffer.exe code12 0 of SNIFFER external nonzero d:\imail\declude\sniffer\sniffer.exe code10 0 Thanks Filippo

Re[2]: [sniffer] problems!!!!

2006-02-08 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 11:06:07 AM, Markus wrote: MG If a experimental rule showed to be reliable they move them in MG the appropriate category (rich, fraud,...) MG MG   MG MG I'm not sure about this but I think it's so and so it shouldn't MG be necessary to do something like

Re[2]: [sniffer] question on xhdr files

2006-02-08 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 1:32:05 PM, David wrote: The .xhdr files are created by SNF and can be turned off in SNF's .cfg file. They contain text that could be added to the headers of the message to help debug false positives and/or to trigger other filtering systems. DP Well I see

Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931

2006-02-07 Thread Pete McNeil
I do most humbly apologize, It was my intention to do it immediately, however I became embroiled in related support issues and was delayed. I don't expect more of these, but I will make announcing their discovery the next event after removing them from the system. Thanks, _M On Tuesday,

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931

2006-02-07 Thread Computer House Support
- From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Computer House Support sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:24 PM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931 I do most humbly apologize, It was my intention to do it immediately, however I became embroiled in related support

Re[2]: [sniffer] Downloads are slow.

2006-02-07 Thread David Sullivan
Somebody please tell me I'm doing something wrong here. I use this expression in Baregrep Final\t828931 and it yields 22,055 matching lines across 3 of my 4 license's log files. Since this is set to my hold weight, I'm assuming that means I've had 22,055 holds on this rule? -- Best regards,

Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931

2006-02-07 Thread David Sullivan
Hello Matt, Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 6:27:25 PM, you wrote: M rule number, and I don't have the tools set up or the knowledge of grep M yet to do a piped query of Sniffer's logs to extract the spool file names. http://www.baremetalsoft.com/ is a great grep'er for windows. In BSD I always used

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931

2006-02-07 Thread Landry, William (MED US)
Of David Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:12 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931 Hello Matt, Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 6:27:25 PM, you wrote: M rule number, and I don't have the tools set up or the knowledge of M grep yet to do a piped query

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931

2006-02-07 Thread John Carter
Final\t828931 and Final.*828931 both found 850 entries in my current log using Baregrep. John C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:12 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer

Re[2]: [sniffer] Downloads are slow.

2006-02-07 Thread Pete McNeil
I've had an internal note that our colo provider is working on a networking problem. That's probably what you're seeing. Apparently it doesn't effect all paths to the 'net equally and/or it may be solved by now. _M On Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 5:53:35 PM, John wrote: JC Agreed, my last report

Re[2]: [sniffer] Bad Rule - 828931

2006-02-07 Thread David Sullivan
Hello Pete, Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 7:43:52 PM, you wrote: PM The rule would match the intended spam (and there was a lot of it, so PM 22,055 most likely includes mostly spam. On spot check I'm seeing about 30-40% of the messages are valid. PM Unfortunately it would also match messages

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Stock SPAM now HTML

2006-02-02 Thread Goran Jovanovic
McNeil Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:40 AM To: Goran Jovanovic Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Stock SPAM now HTML There are some new mutations of the latest campaigns out today. These ones look like they were hand tweaked (not evolved by machine). They are a lot tougher, but I think we've

Re[2]: [sniffer] The SPAM bots?

2006-01-30 Thread Pete McNeil
On Monday, January 30, 2006, 11:07:26 AM, Michiel wrote: MP G'day, MP I'm just wandering... what CAN be done about this? If I send an embedded MP picture to someone, how's sniffer gonna see the difference between my MP holiday picture and the stock spam? MP I reckon it's gonna be tough to block

Re[2]: [sniffer] Stock Market Spam Messages

2006-01-26 Thread Pete McNeil
I see. I misunderstood. We generally get text based stock-push campaigns very quickly. We have seen an increase in these recently tough. If it's a plain text stock push then it's most likely that you saw it before we did. I'll make sure that the rest of the team are watching out for these just in

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Stock Market Spam Messages

2006-01-26 Thread Jim Matuska Jr.
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:54 AM To: Jim Matuska Jr. Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Stock Market Spam Messages I see. I misunderstood. We generally get text based stock-push campaigns very quickly. We have seen an increase in these recently tough

Re[2]: [sniffer] Rollback of bot rules..

2006-01-19 Thread Pete McNeil
On Thursday, January 19, 2006, 6:50:32 PM, Dave wrote: DK My bet is that either OB or WS trees of SURBL are the culprit. I've seen DK false postives from them before. Can your bot isolate the subs of the multi DK lookup and only use the more reliable ones like JP, SC, etc? I'm not sure about

Re[2]: [sniffer] Help

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
Everything should be ok today. Please visit: http://www.mail-archive.com/sniffer@sortmonster.com/msg02346.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/sniffer@sortmonster.com/msg02348.html Thanks, _M On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:57:25 AM, Ali wrote: AR AR AR Hi, AR AR   AR AR I am

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:42:22 AM, Frederick wrote: FS Same with me. Last night there was a rules update and it fixed the problem. FS Check the date of your rules update. Please visit http://www.mail-archive.com/sniffer@sortmonster.com/msg02346.html and

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:54:49 AM, Darin wrote: DC Agreed. We counted 100 false positives yesterday, compared to our normal DC rate of less than 5. DC No false positives since 6pm ET yesterday, though. Thank goodness. Please visit:

Re[2]: [sniffer] Watch out... SURBL SORBS full of large ISPs and Antispamprovidres.

2006-01-17 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 7:21:11 AM, Matt wrote: M Pete, M w3.org would be a huge problem because Outlook will insert this in the M XML headers of any HTML generated E-mail. M If you could give us an idea of when this started and possibly ended, M that would help in the process of review.

Re[2]: [sniffer] Watch out... SURBL SORBS full of large ISPs and Antispamprovidres.

2006-01-17 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 8:10:44 AM, Darrell wrote: Dsic Pete, Dsic I just checked real quick hitting several DNS servers (mine and others) and Dsic I am not seeing this - are you still seeing this now? Nope... it was short lived. _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-30 Thread Jonathan Hickman
I believe a new topic is in order. Quick, someone ask a newbie question! - Original Message - From: John W. Enyart To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:27 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-30 Thread Michiel Prins
Can I also use this product on my snailmail? :p From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hickman Sent: vrijdag 30 december 2005 16:58 To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! I believe

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-30 Thread Jonathan
]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hickman Sent: vrijdag 30 december 2005 16:58 To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! I believe a new topic is in order. Quick, someone ask a newbie question! - Original Message - From: John W. Enyart

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-29 Thread Wolf Tombe
about the amount of the price hike; but is all the other escalating banter really necessary? Wolf From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John T (Lists) Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:33 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread Michael Murdoch
Yes, you can renew with Declude. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:22 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! Can we renew

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread Fox, Thomas
Are they a valid reseller, sniffer-folks?? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KevinSent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:00 PMTo: sniffer@SortMonster.comSubject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! After posting

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread Joe Wolf
Message - From: John T (Lists) To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 7:29 PM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! According to the Reseller agreement I signed when I became a reseller of Message Sniffer, I

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread Peer-to-Peer (Support)
appalling. And should be grounds for termination. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of John T (Lists)Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:46 PMTo: sniffer@SortMonster.comSubject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread John T (Lists)
] On Behalf Of Peer-to-Peer (Support) Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 6:01 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! You certainlycrossed a line of ethical integrity at the very least. Pete: If you don't already have a 'non

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread John T (Lists)
] On Behalf Of Joe Wolf Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:43 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! FYI, a reseller agreement may include a MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) but it is illegal in the United States for the agreement

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-28 Thread Jonathan
here to help one another. John T eServices For You -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Peer-to-Peer (Support) Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:41 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance

Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Pete McNeil
I'm sorry that it wasn't more visible. We have been talking about this for several months and have made a few announcements. It has also been on the web site for several months. My announcement today was just to make sure that anyone who had not heard didn't get blind-sided. Sorry it didn't turn

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Darin Cox
McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Darin Cox sniffer@SortMonster.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! Part of the purpose for additional staff is to reach a goal of FP processing measured in minutes to hours, never days

Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Pete McNeil
I can assure you that is not the case - quite the opposite in fact. I would never suggest that you don't keep a plan B handy - everyone, IMO, should always have a plan B, C and D handy - In fact, that MO is one of the reasons we're still at it ;-) None the less, what's really going on here is

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Michael Murdoch
Thanks Dean - And thanks to all of you who have been very supportive and understanding of what we are doing here! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4:18 PM To: sniffer@sortmonster.com Subject: Re: Re[2

Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 5:14:13 PM, Thomas wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Murdoch If you don't feel that's the case, then you are free to decide if you think otherwise. Thanks and take care! FT EASY FOX

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Rick Robeson
:40 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! Your interpretation of a bit as being 50+% is disingenuous at best, and thievery at the worst. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Landry, William (MED US)
Agree wholeheartedly! Bill From: Dean Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:18 PMTo: sniffer@SortMonster.comSubject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! You know, I just don't get where all of the doom and gloom comes from. Yes

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Landry, William (MED US)
gripping or take it off list. Bill -Original Message- From: Fox, Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:40 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! Your interpretation of a bit as being 50

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread John T (Lists)
more. John T eServices For You -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Robeson Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:54 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! The thought does

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread John T (Lists)
Pete, I am both a Sniffer reseller and user, and I was blind sided by this announcement. John T eServices For You -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:11 PM To: Darin Cox Subject: Re[2

Re[2]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price!

2005-12-27 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 1:31:04 PM, Steve wrote: SJ How can I tell when my subscription expires? You should have a note from your original purchase or your latest renewal. Also, you can ask ;-) I'll send you your current expiration directly. I hope to put up a self-serve tool for

Re[2]: [sniffer] Joe Jobs...

2005-12-15 Thread Pete McNeil
IMO, you're absolutely right. These days, automated responses are just as bad (for the same reasons) as challenge/response systems. They amplify spam and malware issues by generating outscatter. None the less, they still happen. _M On Thursday, December 15, 2005, 1:10:31 PM, Kevin wrote: KS

Re[2]: [sniffer] POP3 Account Question

2005-12-05 Thread Pete McNeil
On Monday, December 5, 2005, 3:33:33 PM, Andrew wrote: I had the same question, but more specifically: Is is helpful for sniffer trap (spam and user trap) submissions to skip, or to include messages on which sniffer already hits. It's best for those messages to be removed. The

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