What mail server software? At 03:30 PM 8/22/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm pretty new to running a real mail server on linux, can ya'll give me >some ideas on how to drop emails with offending attachments? > >god, I sound like a huge n00b. > >jason > >-ray wrote: > >>On Tuesday we starting dropping all pif files since the 'our mailserver >>removed the SoBig virus from this attachment' virus messages were getting >>annoying. >> >>Here's how many we've blocked: 64575 >> >>Increasing by about 20,000 a day... >> >>ray >> >> >>On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Edmund Cramp wrote: >> >> >> >>>We're getting about 50 per day that get through our SpamAssassin/Reverse >>>lookup filter - these get 100% caught by the Kaspersky AV filter in the >>>mailserver :-)) >>> >>>Oddly enough, the SpamAssassin / Reverse Lookup filter has proved >>>surprisingly effective at bouncing the mass mailing virus emails as well >>>as reducing our spam level by at least 90% - on average we reject about >>>18,000 emails per week as spam - SoBig.f has added about 1000 to this >>>average so far this week! >>> >>>-- >>>Edmund Cramp >>>http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm >>>"If more languages had _smite_ implemented, the remaining programmers >>>would be better than the current average." >>> - Mike Andrews in the scary.devil.monastery >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
