My superiors have asked me to start deleting email based on a word filter.
The issue arose when the receptionist, who is our designated Spam
Reviewer, complained that she saw the same words over and over and couldn't
we just delete those spams before they got to her? Because as soon as she
sees
Why not just do as they ask, and let them experience the consequences? I've
found it's generally not a good idea to fight a battle against the entire
management team of a company, because even if you win the round, you will
lose the game.
I can understand their point of view. For some of my
Well, my answer was that Declude can, but the risks of accidentally deleting
good mail outweighed the convenience of not having to hit delete. She went
over my head and got the bosses on her side. Now I've gotta have a meeting
with them and come up with a solution. Any suggestions?
I'm by no
-- Original Message --
From: Dan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:22:49 -0400
No matter what you do, it will probably meet not perform as they think it should. I'd
make sure they understand that e-mail WILL be
Practically all SPAM fails more than one test. This might be a time for a
review of your configuration.
I am perfectly happy with automatically deleting messages based on weight,
in doing so knowing that I have spent the time adjusting the configuration
and keeping an eye on the logs.
Example,
... assuming that you take the precautions noted in the manual for examples
like Mr. Hitchcock, you're probably safe to do this except that you should
take pains to keep them long and unlikely to appear in regular mail, e.g.
GR-X is too short (remove they hyphen).
Since a BODY search will also
Select the word list, then send the managers a polite email reminding them that the
new filter may
delete mail from a new customer. That way you've covered your tail if the
receptionist's brain storm
causes the loss of a new account.
Keith Purtell, Web/Network Administrator
VantageMed
Dan,
First, use phrases where possible instead of single words to minimize
substring issues such as the end of e_s_s_e_x and many others like that.
Second, after you have developed your list of words or phrases, run it by
management for their analysis of any entries which could be part of
Well, my answer was that Declude can, but the risks of accidentally
deleting good mail outweighed the convenience of not having to hit
delete. She went over my head and got the bosses on her side. Now I've
gotta have a meeting with them and come up with a solution. Any
suggestions?
I have
Prior to this, we haven't deleted anything outright until
reviewed by the receptionist. Every time I hear them utter
the word delete, my skin crawls.
So my request from the list: Can you either give me some
ammo to back up my side, or provide me with a solution that
keeps her from
Hello,
A simple question or two (I hope) regarding release versions.
A previous thread referred to release version 1.76i4 and 1.76i6. Also a
reply from Scott provided a link to download a different interim release
(1.76i7).
How would I find out what specific interim release version I am
Scott,
With regard to the headers below, 68.116.154.119 should not be
considered by the dial-ups test, correct? It is failing, however.
Do I have a config issue?
DIALUPS ip4rdialups.visi.com
Received: from remt24.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.34] by inetconcepts.net with
ESMTP
The thing is, these messages have ALREADY been flagged as spam and are = in
the hold directory. The receptionist, being heavy on the free-time, is =
the one responsible for reviewing those held messages. That is why she =
wants them deleted instead of being held.
Regards,
Dan Horne, CCNA
Web
This is the best idea I have heard so far. I will suggest it to my
superiors.
Regards,
Dan Horne, CCNA
Web Services Administrator
TAIS Web
Wilcox World Travel Tours
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A simple question or two (I hope) regarding release versions.
A previous thread referred to release version 1.76i4 and 1.76i6. Also a
reply from Scott provided a link to download a different interim release
(1.76i7).
How would I find out what specific interim release version I am running? I
ran
True, you do not get a trigger on the host that sent you the message
(209.225.8.34) but the hop before it does trigger this DIALUPS test.
You have your HOPHIGH set to at least 1... which isn't a bad thing but is
more aggressive than you expected?
Andrew 8)
-Original Message-
From: Don
With regard to the headers below, 68.116.154.119 should not be
considered by the dial-ups test, correct? It is failing, however.
Do I have a config issue?
DIALUPS ip4rdialups.visi.com
The problem is that Declude JunkMail doesn't know that DIALUPS is a test
that should only be
- Original Message -
From: R. Scott Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The problem is that Declude JunkMail doesn't know that DIALUPS is a test
that should only be checked against the first IP. The test name needs to
have DUL or DYNA in it in order for Declude JunkMail to only run the
test on
This is the list of file extensions that are configured in Outlook 2003 as
Level1 (means: file can not be opened or saved to disk)
Maybe someone can compare it with his current BANEXT list and add some new
extensions.
.ade Microsoft Access project extension
.adp Microsoft Access project
.app
What about DUN, as in DNSRBL-DUN, and PDL? Do these test names need to be
changed to DNSRBL-DULand PDL-DUL (or -DYNA)?
It would be best to change them. We're going to look into this a bit more
-- we just don't want to add something that shouldn't be added. If the
people running the tests
As I've seen the default setting in Outlook 2003 for HTML-Mails is to not
load and display external images. The user have to right-click and request
the image.
Can we expect a change in spammer abitudines for the tipical
no-text-and-only-images-spams?
Markus
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Hi;
Just in case you
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URL.
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Everything is
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You may want to
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- Original Message -
From: R. Scott Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What about DUN, as in DNSRBL-DUN, and PDL? Do these test names need to
be
changed to DNSRBL-DULand PDL-DUL (or -DYNA)?
It would be best to change them. We're going to look into this a bit more
-- we just don't want to add
Hi,
Have about 800 users on a decently powered Imail box running Declude 1.75. The system
has been running great for months, but today I received reports of delayed mail and
found the overflow folder growing (2000+ messages at present). When I test, I find
that my messages from outside are
I have awarded the sniffer test a weight of 5, but I'm not sure were the
higher weights are coming from. The global.cfg file shows only a weight of
5 for sniffer, and I don't have special user settings on my account. It
doesn't appear like any other tests are failing based on the header of the
I know this has been discussed before, and I think that I have it
correct, however I just wanted to verify the setup required for this to
work properly with Declude.
I have an external domain soon to be configured with two MX records:
mx1.external-domain.com
mx2.external-domain.com
I
Dan,
Check your DNS settings. Your outgoing E-mail probably can't be
resolved for external mail server addresses.
Matt
Dan Cummings wrote:
Hi,
Have about 800 users on a decently powered Imail box running Declude 1.75. The system has been running great for months, but today I received
I have awarded the sniffer test a weight of 5, but I'm not sure were the
higher weights are coming from. The global.cfg file shows only a weight
of 5 for sniffer, and I don't have special user settings on my account. It
doesn't appear like any other tests are failing based on the header of
Now the Declude part...I understand that I have to create a new
$Default$.JunkMail file because it handles gatewayed E-mail as outgoing
E-mail. To do this I have set up a version of this in the following location:
C:/IMail/Declude/external-domain.com/$Default$.JunkMail
Correct.
Declude
X-RBL-Warning: SNIFFER: Message failed SNIFFER: 62.
The above is not the Sniffer weight, it the Sniffer category that the test
failed (see
http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/ResultCodesHelp.html). If
you look in your log file, you will be able to see the actual weight
applied.
Bill
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