I've always felt very uneasy about gateway blocking. I'd rather tag messages as spam, and let the users take a look at see if it's really spam or not. I assume that IMF allows me to do this.
Thanks, Erick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stidley, Joel > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 12:10 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 SP1 for spam > > IMF uses a proprietary Bayesian-like filter developed in the > Microsoft think-tank called SmartScreen. It works pretty > decent, at least for the type of spam I receive, YMMV. > > Typically you will set the gateway blocking fairly high (~8) > and set the junk-mail folder fairly low (3-4). The > performance counters help you to tweak it a little better for > your mail patterns as it shows how many mail messages are > tagged with each SCL. > > You may find that it does the job nicely. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Erick Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:02 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Exchange 2003 SP1 for spam > > I was getting things ready for an installation of ASSP for > anti spam use. Then, Exchange 2003 SP1 came out, and if it > works well, I'd like to stick with it. Has anyone used it > enough at this point to comment on how well it handles spam? > > One of things I like about ASSP are that any address you send > to will automatically be whitelisted. And it's a Bayesian > filter, but you can override it. I haven't seen any public > info on how SP1 detects spam, so it anyone knows, please let me know. > > Thanks, > Erick > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=& > lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
