Or check the FAQ. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Tech Consultant Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to be HP) All your base are belong to us.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Morrison Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Looking for help to lessen if not stop the Spam There is currently a thread being conducted titled Antigen and Email Content Filter that is discussing this very subject. Maybe a perusal of that will give you some ideas. If that runs into a blank, I'm sure the inestimable (OK-- indefatigable, maybe?) Mr. Scharff's web site will offer many suggestions: www.mail-resources.com. Mike Morrison NT/SMS/Exchange Administrator Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Foerst, Daniel P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:41 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Looking for help to lessen if not stop the Spam Sorry Forgot to mention...Exchange 5.5 SP3 -dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Foerst, Daniel P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:35 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Looking for help to lessen if not stop the Spam > > > Hey Guys and Gals, > > Due to the increase of unsolicited e-mail over the past few weeks, > members of my university community have gotten sick of receiving these > unwanted messages. While my general reaction to users who want to know > how to stop this type of spam is to use their Delete Key, > create an Outlook Rule, ensure that they are not advertising their > e-mail addresses in public forums i.e. newsgroups, the issue has > escalated > to the level of our CEO and University President. A mandate has come > down to find a method that will limit such types of mail > while allowing > the majority of other e-mail to be delivered uninterrupted and without > filtering on specific phrases in e-mail. > > As I am sure we have all seen this before, I am actively > searching the > Archives for previous suggestions and have come across a few that are > being > investigated, however I have seen so far no mention of an ability to > Filter > messages based on the total number of message recipients, To+CC+BCC. > While > we may not be able to filter on content here, it has been > suggested that > if > it were possible to stop messages with greater than X number of > recipients > then we may do so. Does anyone know if this is possible ? I know I can > limit > the total number of recipients in a Distribution List and for Outbound > e-mail, > but I do not know if it is possible for Inbound. > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > Thanks much! > > -dan > > Daniel Foerst, MCP > Network & Microsoft Exchange Administrator > Center For Planning and Information Technology > The Catholic University of America > Washington, DC 20064 > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
