Thanks for all answers, you gave me good ideas :) The biggest problem is mentioned by Andrew: too many people out there thinking free=not good.
I cannot just set it up and give it a try, because it's not our system, it's one of our clients', and we bill every hour. I need to get approval for the expense - the client is convicable, my boss is a harder thing... Thanks for all, again. BTW: OUTBOUND spam is not an issue here... SMTP is forbidden to all hosts except Exchange (SBS, btw), and exchange didn't send out spam - double checked it. Thanks for the GUI link - I know Logparser for some time now and he's one of my best friends :) Greybear 2009/11/13 GrayHat <gray...@gmx.net> > > We have a custumer with a huge spam problem. It seems they get > > ~30.000 emails per day and ~80-85 percent of it is spam. > > Right now they're using Exchange 2007 with Forefront as a spam filter, > > but too much spam gets through and it seems Forefront is off it's > > limits. > [...] > > The MAIN problems in most of these cases is to obtain a CLEAR > view of the "network" (meaning number/location of clients and so on) > and gathering infos to understand if that network (and those servers) > are ACTIVELY sending spam and/or if any client has been "r00ted" > see, before starting a "cure" you'll have to learn as well as possible > all the "symptoms of the disease" then, having a clear picture of the > whole issue you may move on and take the appropriate steps :) > > For example, the latest v2 has a quite cool mechanism to help > avoiding OUTBOUND spam (or at least getting ALERTS about > such an issue) ... but before jumping in barefoot it would be advisable > to gather as much infos as possible and getting a "grip" on the whole > issue; that would help a LOT > > Also, and since you're talking about exchange, I'd suggest you to > pick this critter > > http://www.lizardl.com/PageHtml.aspx?lng=2&PageId=18&PageListItemId=17 > > and use it to load/parse/analyze the exchange logs (and the SMTP > ones btw); it may help you better understanding the terms of the issue > and possibly putting down a plan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > Assp-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user > -- Áldás Szürkemedve -- Áldás Szürkemedve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list Assp-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
