Any message that you can eliminate in the kill.lst saves processing time on the back end by not even creating a message on the server. And it lets the sender know that the address is not allowed to send to this server. We have an ever-evolving kill.lst that contains most repeat offenders. It also contains many more domains than addresses because we can group the addresses by domain and find a commonality, then kill the common group.
For example, the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] all group into a single domain in the kill.lst: @r.theuseful.com and the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] om [EMAIL PROTECTED] all group into a single wildcarded domain in the kill.lst: @*.bluerocketonline.com But offending addresses from major providers cannot be grouped into a single offending domain without many false positives: @hotmail @msn @aol You will need Imail 8.x to use wildcards in the kill.lst. Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronan Webb > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:40 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [IMail Forum] kill.lst - wildcards > > Is it possible to insert multiple wildcards > in the kill.lst file e.g. > > @*quality*.com > > to cope with the likes of > > mx01.quality1.com > mx07.quality5.com > > Or should I kill any messages with > "quality" in the From: field in the rules.ima file > as i might "discount" "bargain", "deals" etc. ? > > TIA > Ronan > > > > ********************************************************************** > This e-mail - and any files and attachments transmitted with it > are confidential and/or privileged. They are intended solely for > the use of the intended recipient. Any views and opinions expressed > are those of individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or > endorsed by The Irish Times Limited or any associated or related company. > The content of this e-mail and any file or attachment transmitted with > it may have been changed or altered without the consent of the author. > If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any review, > dissemination, disclosure, alteration, printing, circulation or > transmission of this e-mail and/or any file or attachment transmitted > with it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. > If you have received this e-mail or any file or attachment transmitted > with it in error please notify the sender by return e-mail or contact > The Irish Times Limited at 11-15 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 > or by phoning 6758000. > *********************************************************************** > > 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/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.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/
