On Tuesday 23 January 2007 11:35 am, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > I've heard great things about IronPort.
What does IronPort do if I send email to an IronPort protected address that happens to be "[email protected]"? Does it check first to see if it exists, and refuses to accept it if the address doesn't exist? Or does it throw the email away after receiving it? Or does it send it back to either the "From" address or the "Return-Path"? Only the first of these behaviors is reasonable. The second will throw away important email just because the address has been misspelled. The third creates back-scatter spam. For examples/reasons, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter#Backscatter_of_email_spam From the IronPort webpage: "End-users directly access the IronPort Spam Quarantine to check and manage messages, or review email digests that are mailed to them periodically." (http://www.ironport.com/technology/ironport_antispam.html) So what IronPort does is converts spam you have to look at into (surprise!) spam you have to look at. Sorry, but I wouldn't even take that solution if it were free (which is why I don't use SpamAssassin). Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services 1254 So Waterman Ave., Suite 50, San Bernardino, CA 92408 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
