At 07:58 PM 2/16/00, Roger Heath wrote:
>Reply to: Len Conrad
> Re: [IMail Forum] Blocking Spam & the RBL on Wednesday 6:02:58 PM
> From: Roger Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >>Is anyone using the Realtime Blackhole List http://mail-abuse.org/ with
> >>Imail, to filter Spam?
>
>L> Imail doesn't hook into black hole list, etc.
>
>I have raised this before and would sure like to see it in IMail. To
>me this is a far more important feature than SSL. I have several email
>accounts in Sun servers running Sun Unix software and with these
>configured on RBL I have yet to see a single spam message. With Imail
>it is a genuine challenge to manage this with such a simple filter
>system. With most competitors to Imail making this feature available,
>I do not understand why it is not a major priority at Ipswitch.
>
>I have not upgraded to 6.x because it has no major features I really
>need. I need RBL and virus screening. My old 16-bit BBS software did
>virus screening. Mail Essentials does it the low cost 'BBS' way with
>simple command line switches to Norton or McAfee utilities. These are
>now paramount features any mail system should have and most already do
>or you can purchase third party software, like Mail Essentials, to do
>at least virus screening. But in reality they belong in the mail
>server software. I am very disappointed in 6.x features.
>
>In Unix Sendmail servers you put the RBL file in and edit a single
>configuration setting and you are done. If Imail doesn't supply such
>features we will most likely be moving to such a setup rather than
>upgrading our Imail. It costs virtually nothing to do this.
>
>I mentioned these issues 6 months ago here, but Ipswitch has never
>responded at all to any of these queries. Spam and Virus are the most
>serious issues of all regarding email hosting, but there doesn't seem
>to be any pending features addressing these most serious of issues in
>Imail like other mail server systems are.
>
>Maybe I'm being a bit frustrated, but last week the Happy virus got
>through my Imail filter destroying a small business setup. Imail
>catches it most of the time, but not all of the time. If I had been
>running other mail server software, or third party software, I don't
>think this might have happened. I not inclined to run third party
>software that provides only a partial and very expensive solution.
>
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>Roger Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I agree that hooks (options) for the RBL and the new RSS are needed. I
telephoned Imail sales a few days ago and they told me that they have no
plans to include either of these features in Imail. The lady could not
tell me why. I, too, am disappointed and hope they change their minds.
Mail Essentials is offering their anti-spam module as freeware - see
http://www.gficomms.com/pages/spamrecycle.htm. Beats a sharp stick in the
eye. We're going to give it a try.
As for Virus protection, I think we are going to run WebShield, which is
included with "Total Virus Defense" by Network Associates/McAfee.
IPSwitch could make our lives a lot easier . . .
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