Done.

Now the entries are a lot more interesting.

Thanks, 
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Riddle
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 3:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Anti-spam question


You should set your logs to "verbose" (under Services, SMTP) so that you 
can get meaningful information from them. Be sure to stop/restart SMTP and 
the Queue Manager server when making changes.

At 11:28 AM 7/6/2004, you wrote:
>My log entries don't look anything like that. They look like this:
>
>20040706 001813 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (0374038A) [212.235.49.216] MAIL
FROM:
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>20040706 001815 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (0374038A) [212.235.49.216] RCPT TO:
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>20040706 001838 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (0374038A) [212.235.49.216]
>e:\IMail\spool\D28050374038a2df5.SMD 7257
>20040706 001838 127.0.0.1       SMTP (0974185B) processing
>e:\IMail\spool\Q28050374038a2df5.SMD
>20040706 001838 127.0.0.1       SMTP (0974185B) probability email is spam
>0.982904: email is spam
>20040706 001838 127.0.0.1       SMTP (0974185B) ldeliver mawdi.com
>gdurivage-main (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7290
>
>
>Then it processes the next message.
>
>Jason
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Riddle
>Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:42 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Anti-spam question
>
>
>Of course it will continue the delivery because the email was found to 
>be good and not spam. You should have included the full log entry so 
>that we can see if that particular filter is even running.  From what 
>you provided it does not look like it checked any words to determine a 
>"Statistical Probability"
>
>Here is what a log entry will look like for an email identified as 
>spam.
>----------
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb) The following words were used to compute
>the probability email is spam
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = deaden, probability = 0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = endomorphism, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = machination, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = headpiece, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = hadnt, probability = 0.010000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = danube, probability = 0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = accentual, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = construe, probability =
0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = adsorptive, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = cyst, probability = 0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = vacuolate, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = libelous, probability =
0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = manikin, probability = 0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = dilapidate, probability =
>0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb)   word = abrade, probability = 0.990000
>07:06 01:31 SMTP(600e088d01106dcb) probability email is spam 1.000000:
>email is spam
>----------
>This particular test is bad for false positives as it using the generic URL
>Blacklist supplied by Ipswitch.  I would really recommend against deleting
>mail just for failing those two tests.
>
>Of the false positives that I show (going back to 6-25 - earlier than 
>that have been deleted) I see the following:
>
>Connection Test:        0
>Statisical Test:        3
>Content Test:           1
>Ipswitch URL Test:      20
>
>At 10:10 AM 7/6/2004, you wrote:
> >I have it set to delete.
> >
> >Here is  a log entry:
> >20040706 130126 127.0.0.1       SMTP (0474003F) probability email is spam
> >0.000000: email is good
> >It continues the delivery anyway.
> >
> >If there is another log entry, or a setting, or an Ipswitch update, 
> >that I am missing I'd love to know! I'm going crazy going over and 
> >over these config's and I'm finding nothing wrong.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jason
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura 
> >Bhandari
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:00 PM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Anti-spam question
> >
> >
> >
> >RE:  "...the log entries show me that it is examining the messages, 
> >but it won't delete a message if it determines that it is spam."
> >
> >At the bottom of the content filtering tab, where it is labeled 
> >"action to be taken on email..." - what do you have in the options?
> >
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