We use it with ordb.org and are having good luck. One thing we have noticed though is that the speed of your GnatBox (and internet connection) can delay mail delivery as the firewall checks all inbound mail against a remote DNS. If the remote DNS is busy or the firewall gets overloaded you can get some bounces and/or delayed delivery of inbound mail.
Otherwise it works great. Just don't expect it to get rid of all spam as it only verifies if a sender is going through an open relay. A lot of spam is passing through servers that aren't "Open" and therefore never make it on the list. -----Original Message----- From: Vaughn Thurman - Swift Systems Inc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gb-users] ISP allowing SPAM and VIRUS emails outbound. Is anyone using the black-list feature of GnatBox (MAPS, etc) with any luck? I am considering going that way and would enjoy some constructive advice. I am also wondering if anyone has found any remaining free black-list servers that are reliable...??? Thanks, -Vaughn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Swartzendruber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Hintz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [gb-users] ISP allowing SPAM and VIRUS emails outbound. > On Thu, 30 May 2002, Ed Hintz wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >Me, I just blocked their entire IP class at the firewall - Hell with > > >SPAM filters! > > > > We've implemented the following 2 products on a gateway box and had great > > success blocking spam and viruses with them. I believe our all time record > > for spam blocking was 4700 messages in a 24 hr period, and we've probably > > gotten something like 20-30 inbound viruses/trojans/LookOut worms, > > whatever. Both are highly effective and 100% free. > > > > http://spamassassin.org/ > > Yes! I heartily recommend this one! > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive of the last 1000 messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive of the last 1000 messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
