That's a good question about the DNS server. When I run the response test from dnsstuff.com, my DNS servers get graded as A or A-, which would seem to be OK. Also, the timeouts only seem to occur on spam.
Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED])" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Declude.JunkMail@declude.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] timeout test on Spam > That usually indicates your are having DNS issues. Are you sure your DNS > server is healthy and responding to queries quickly? > > Darrell > > Imail Admin writes: > > > Hi All, > > > > We get a fair amount of spam that slips through without triggering anything > > (including Sniffer). I notice in the headers for these messages a line like > > the following: > > > > X-Note: This E-mail was sent from (timeout) ([213.213.213.56]). > > > > Should I be using the timeout as a test for spam? If so, how? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ben > > BC Web > > > > --- > > [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. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > > --- > [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.
