I agree with you 100 percent but one must be careful what you block so I'm a little leery of recomending it. I personally have most of Asia and South America blocked but if you start blocking every ip that sends you spam it won't be long before the customers start to drift away or get up a lynch mob to get you.
David Daniels System Administrator Starfish Internet Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Leske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SPAM > Oh.. I dunno... the access control list is very very good at blocking ip > ranges of known perps that willfully send unwanted email to hundreds of > thousands of IP addresses. Without the features of the access control list > our virus, spambox, and user's junkmail boxes would fill up within hours.. I > concur about utilizing Declude products and if you can swing it the IMGate > system to prohibit sporn. > > ~Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mailadmin > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:44 AM - MGMT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SPAM > > > MessageBlocking via "Control Access" works great but with all the spam > sources and open relays out there indiscriminate blocking will get you in > trouble with your users fast. Having been there I don't recomend it except > in extreme cases. I have found filtering with rules to be my best friend. > Coupled with Declude the two of them work pretty well at keeping it down to > a manageable level. If you aren't already doing something about virus > control you need both versions of Declude. Read the manual about using rules > and visit www.declude.com for more info. > > Last but certainly not least is Len Conrad's IMGATE which uses a FreeBSD > server running Postfix as a gateway server. Takes a lot of load off Imail, > has the ability to bounce messages based on the RBL lists, and from what I > understand Len has created some custom scripts for it to do things like > terminate dictionary attacks. I'm working on my own personal gateway using > Linux and Postfix. I would like to use Len's but not being much of a Unix > head myself I'm afraid if he does it all I'll never understand it. > > David Daniels > System Administrator > Starfish Internet Service > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Payne > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:54 AM > Subject: [IMail Forum] SPAM > > > Can anyone direct me to something useful in dealing with SPAM? > > Does any body get desirable results with the KILL FILE and IP CONTROL ACCESS > list in IMail. > > Is there a faster way to add to Control Access that I know about? > > Do you suggest I just surrender? > George Payne > Write Hand Publishing > 105 Willow Drive > Andalusia, AL 36420 > 334 222-9212 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.writehand.com > > Fathers Glory Fellowship > www.fathersglory.com > > > 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/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > > 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/ > 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/
