On Monday, September 25, 2006, 12:14:43, David Gregg wrote: >>> 1) IMail anti-virus scanning >>> 2) IMail connection/DNS based anti-spam tests. >> >> Is this really the order it does it in? >> >> What's the point of accepting the entire message if you're gonna reject >> based on IP address? > > Good point... That's my understanding of the order. Though it would make > more sense to do the following: > 1) IMail connection based anti-spam tests. > 2) IMail anti-virus scanning > 3) IMail DNS based anti-spam tests. > Then the rest as detailed before.
IMHO getting to the DATA phase and doing CPU intensive tests (like anti-spam scanning) should be after any DNS tests. > Perhaps the Ipswitch guys can chime in on this one Indeed, an authoritative answer would be nice. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." - Ambassador Kosh To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
