It has been shown that on a high volume system, any and all Imail Anti-Spam features can cause performance problems.
Therefore, the answer to your question would depend on the amount of messages flowing through your server and the time available to process those. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Dodell > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 10:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Any reason NOT to use Imail's "Verify Mail > From Address" > > I am a long time user of Declude Junkmail and many of your wonderful > "plug-ins" ... I seem to catch about 95% of our spam on a daily basis. > > However, I was wondering if there was any reason not to implement in > Imail the "Verify Mail From Address" ... if I understand this > correctly, any email received will cause Imail to generate a live SMTP > connection to verify that the sending address is legitimate. > > Since most spam doesn't seem to have a legitimate address, wouldn't > this catch a lot of spam before even having to go through the Declude > processing, and even catch the spam that hasn't shown up in the > databases yet? > > Besides the increased overhead, any reason this shouldn't be > implemented? > > David > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
