Since which version? This information came from someone at Ipswitch when running version 8.01, has it changed since?
The answer was: Message cannot get processed twice by rules, if it gets processed by a rule then it disregard any other rule processing. If it's wrong, then I was misinformed by someone at Ipswitch support (I'll try to dig out the name).... gd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Shanbrom [Ipswitch] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] nobody alias supercedes domain filters Not true...Domain rule says sent to this usera...usera has a rule that says delete/rediredct it...it will get deleted/redirected Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Deslauriers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] nobody alias supercedes domain filters > Len's right about having nobody@ bite you in the long run... > > But note that any messages processed by a rule doesn't get processed by > another rule...so "domain filters not interfering with users filter" is > pretty much impossible > > gd > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] nobody alias supercedes domain filters > > > > > Yes, that seems reasonable, however, it also allows the spammer to know > > > which addresses work. > > knowing a valid recipient address is not sufficient information for anybody > to deliver to that address, is it? (your MX defensive policies are there to > prevent that), so don't waste your time on a scheme to hide legit addresses. > > >By accepting everything > > ... you commit suicide, when 70+% of "everything" is crap, as high as 90% > at some MX's I admin. You waste (far) more incoming bandwidth on spam than > you spend for legit mail, and you waste you servers' critical $$resources > handling all that crap. Imail nobody domains are almost never a > justifiable tactic. > > You might get away with nobody@ if you are a tiny server with brand new > domains the spammers haven't found yet, but eventually, nobody@ will bite > your posterior. > > >, they can't remove addresses > > > that don't exist and thus refine their list. > > "refine" and "spammers" are not words to be used in the same > sentence. Spamming is totally unrefined, shotgunning, volume-based > activity. > > >It means more lines in my log > > > files, but I'm hoping to do my part to fight spam. > > admirable sentiment, but nobody@ doesn't help the fight, and will certainly > hurt you sooner or later. > > Len > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on 1000's of sites > > > 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/ > 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/
