These questions are appropriately being addresses on the Declude JunkMail list.
John T eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMail Forum] percent sybols in the To: lines? > > I just started using Declude for Imail and I'm trying to understand why > my mail server is sending so many messages to the quarantine folders > instead of just marking the headers. The only test I have set to > quarantine/HOLD is the PERCENT test and when I look at the messages > being quarantined, none of them have a percent symbol in the To: line. > Since there are so many messages failing this test, I am concerned that > there is legitimate content I am missing, though I have yet to find one > from the hundred thousand messages it caught just yesterday. > > Basically it tests to see if there is a percent sign in the To: line of > the incoming email and if there is, it quarantines the message. > Apparently this is a means to get around relay restrictions. It seems > too good to be true that such a simple test would catch so much SPAM. > > The questions I'm trying to answer are: > > How does a percent sign get around a relay restriction? > > Is Imail aware of this issue and what are the problems with what I am > now doing; removing mail with a percent sign in the To: line, though I > don't see it in the mail, when I open it up. > > I'm running Imail 8.15 on 2003. > > > > 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/
