Thanks all for the info. Went ahead, bought it, seems to be working well and is helping to catch a lot of what is out there.

I've updated the script (AutoSNF.cmd) which is used to fetch the latest definitions. I've got it scheduled now but want to set up an alias
which invokes the program. I thought I did so properly, but apparently not.


I've got an alias "XYZ" of type "Program" which resolves to:

E:\IMail\declude\SNIFFER\AutoSNF.cmd

The logs show:

20041214 182050 127.0.0.1 SMTP (7550065a00b4ca5e) processing e:\IMAIL\spool\Q7550065a00b4ca5e.SMD
20041214 182050 127.0.0.1 SMTP (7550065a00b4ca5e) [x] toprog E:\IMail\declude\SNIFFER\AutoSNF.cmd e:\IMAIL\spool\tmpEA4.tmp
20041214 182050 127.0.0.1 SMTP (7550065a00b4ca5e) finished e:\IMAIL\spool\Q7550065a00b4ca5e.SMD status=1


But it is not actually running (looking in the SNIFFER folder) and updating the definitions file.

Not having used the Program Aliases before, am I just doing something plain wrong here?
Do you have to do something along the lines of c:\winnt\system32\command.com ___________ ?


Also, on occassion, the AutoSNF.cmd - even when run manually - fails. I think that the ".snf" file may be in use and cannot be
renamed to *.old, allowing the new file to be renamed to *.snf Anyone else see this happening?


Thanks again! We've already seen a huge drop-off in the spam getting through and now that we're live with the
"live" definitions (vs. the demo version) we should see even stronger results.


Chris



At 03:31 PM 12/13/2004, you wrote:
It is done by scheduled batch file, or by trigger using a program alias in
Imail. There are instructions on the MessageSniffer site, as well as support
from SortMonster.

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
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