Goran,

I actually use reverse dns filters to address stuff like this.  It allows
them (remote domain) to move to new IP addresses and as long as they keep up
their PTR we are all set.

REVDNS -30 ENDSWITH .ipswitch.com

Darrell

-------------------------------------------
Check out http://www.invariantsystems.com for utilities for Declude And
Imail.  IMail/Declude Overflow Queue Monitoring, SURBL/URI integration, MRTG
Integration, and Log Parsers.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Goran Jovanovic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Thoughts on Filtering/Whitelisting


Hi all,

I have a Nigerian SCAM filter (from Kami) which has a test for

solicitation of an offer

and weights it at 20.

Now it turns out that Scotia Capital has a disclaimer on all their
outgoing e-mail with that phrase in it. So I see that I have a couple of
options and I am not really sure what would be best.

1) I could remove the phrase from the Nigerian filter. This would solve
the Scotia Capital problem but perhaps let through Nigerian scam
letters.

2) Leave the filter in but credit a HELO -20 CONTAINS ScotiaCapital.com

3) Create a global whitelist that all my domains would look at and put
@ScotiaCapital.com in the whitelist file. Obviously this would open my
domains up to spoofed e-mail/spam

4) I suppose I could whitelist the IP address but that would leave me
managing IP addresses and if they changed then my whitelisting would
break.

I would be tempted to implement #1 as it is simple but I could let
unknown amounts of SPAM through based on that phrase.

#2 looks good and this process could be extended to other domains that
are mis-configured and fail HELOBOGUS etc.

#3 will allow me to start applying "whitelist" requests from one domain
to all domains if they are legitimate requests. There is a government
list that already is in 2 domain's whitelists as both are accountants.

#4 is not very appealing to me as the IP can change at any time

So does anyone have another way to do this or would you pick options 1,
2, 3, or 4 and why.

Thanx


     Goran Jovanovic
     The LAN Shoppe
---
[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.

Reply via email to