* This is the modus mailing list * We left RBL's and the protocol filter in effect. I'd rather reject a connection immediately rather than fill the quarantine with spam (and let a spammer verify email addresses). Without RBL and protocol filter in place my quarantine was double it's current size.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin Tompkins > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Modus] upgraded but > > * This is the modus mailing list * > > Why would you want to disable the RBLs and protocol filters? > You want the quarantine to be as large as possible? I hope > they bring back updates to the spamflt0.txt. SCA is nice and > all, but the spammers still think their messages are reaching > people inbox, and that just doesn't motivate them to send less. > > > > > We did not disable the protocol filter Kim, but honestly that was > > because I did not think of it. What have the rest of you > M3AVS users > > done with the protocol filter? Left it or disabled it? > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Kim Atwater > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:59 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Modus] upgraded but > > > > > > > > Should we also disable our Protocol Filter (spamflt0.txt)? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Total <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Internet Access > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:47 AM > > > > Subject: [Modus] upgraded but > > > > > > > > I AGREE > > > > vince > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Suneel Jhangiani <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:35 AM > > > > Subject: [Modus] upgraded but > > > > > > > > * This is the modus mailing list * > > > > Hi Vince, > > > > My recommendation is to not use any existing Custom Scripts > except for > > those that by pass further filtering (ie. Your exclude > filters). You > > should instead write filters based on what gets through > remembering to > > send the original SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that they > can modify > > the new SCA to filter those in the future. > > > > We to have found Modus 3 to be less resource intensive, although at > > times during the Alpha / Beta some releases had resource issues. > > Vircom did a great job listening to the testers and getting these > > issues fixed, and kudos to them for all the effort. > > > > Regards, > > > > Suneel. > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: Total Internet Access [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 05 November 2003 15:27 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Modus] upgraded but > > > > Thanks, i thought the SCA engine was an offshoot of SA. > It's just that > > in my quarantine after 12 hours most of what was caught was > caught by > > my custom filters. then I lost the ability to look at the vircom > > native filters and found many caught by 'miscellananeous'. I'm not > > sure i understand what that is, but thought that something > went wrong > > with our install. > > > > would you say it is better to not use the custome scripts or to > > continue to use them or to start with a fresh batch of > scripts based > > on what gets thru now. > > > > by the way, i think that this new program is actually less resource > > intensive that any previous that i have run in the modus line. > > > > thanks > > vince > > > > > > ** > > To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > > word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. > > > > > > > ** > To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line. ** To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line.
