[Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from a mail server?

2002-10-16 Thread Philip Butler
When a message arrives at my mail server, how does the server perform the reverse lookup? Philip Butler Internal Systems Engineer Region VI ESC phone 936.435.2503 fax 936.295.1447 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from amail server?

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
When a message arrives at my mail server, how does the server perform the reverse lookup? It just does. :) You can go to http://www.DNSstuff.com/info/revdns.htm for an overview of how reverse DNS lookups work. Or, you can use the Reverse DNS Lookup at http://wwwDNSstuff.com to check to see

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from a mail server?

2002-10-16 Thread Jim Rooth
Scott, Could you put that in layman's terms. ;)) Jim Rooth KLOTRON,INC. Office: 817.654.3018.103 Home: 972.606.6341 Mobile: 214.244.0979 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from a mail server?

2002-10-16 Thread John Tolmachoff
When a message arrives at my mail server, how does the server perform the reverse lookup? It just does. :) LOL. Scott, me thinks it is time for a rest break for you. John Tolmachoff IT Manager, Network Engineer RelianceSoft, Inc. Fullerton, CA 92835 www.reliancesoft.com --- [This E-mail

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from amail server?

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
When a message arrives at my mail server, how does the server perform the reverse lookup? It just does. :) LOL. Scott, me thinks it is time for a rest break for you. Hey wait a minute -- I know you -- you're that guy who keeps talking about this mythical thing called a week end, where

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from a mail server?

2002-10-16 Thread John Shacklett
I get email that talks about situations like that all the time, describing mythical joys and riches beyond belief. I call it spam, and I'm looking for something that helps me control it. Do you have any suggestions? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Way OT now!

2002-10-16 Thread Doug McKee
Some VERY wise sage once opined, I have given up the search for truth and am now willing to settle for a pleasant fantasy. Doug --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Listed in Spam databases

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
I have found that I am listed on both Fiveteningnore and Postfixgate. I have attempted to contact both locations several time and even tried to contact Spamhaus (listed under Fiveteningnore) but have not received any answers back. Fiveteningnore shows the listing because my backbone (Sprint)

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
I included the rules below, but they never seem to trigger: BODY 10 CONTAINS http://1 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://2 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://3 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://4 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://5 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://6 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://7 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://8 BODY 10 CONTAINS http://9

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] How does a reverse lookup work from a mail server?

2002-10-16 Thread Philip Butler
A collection of comedians... :) Thanks for the reference scott. Philip Butler Internal Systems Engineer Region VI ESC phone 936.435.2503 fax 936.295.1447 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Wednesday,

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread Madscientist
An Asside - Watch out for false positives with this one. We tried a rule that captured all numeric-only web links as they are a favorite for porn spammers and mortgage folks. Unfortunately we discovered that a number of legitimate news services also do this sometimes so we were forced to begin

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread Karen Oland
The test appears to be set up correctly. I checked my declude log - there are entries for the spamtext.txt file (which contains the below) triggering on line 12 (one line below this particular block) and entries for the base64 test being triggered. I pulled a random message out of my delete box

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread Karen Oland
Yes, we know. that is why we wanted to use a weighted rule in Declude, rather than an absolute rule in IMAIL. The problem with specific addresses (and we have a few (ok, a lot) of those, is that the spammers simply move every so often, but we keep blocking the old IP addresses forever. And they

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread John E. Richardson
Am I understanding correctly from this ... Karen Oland wrote: While visiting a partner website, you opted-in to receive special online offers. To end your membership, click reply and send this email or click http://66.163.246.29/unsubscribe.php?[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the same as what appears

[Declude.JunkMail] declude errors?

2002-10-16 Thread Webmaster - GlobalWeb.net
we have noticed over the last day or 2 that some messages are getting marked with our WEIGHT 10 Header mark of [SPAM ??] even though the message didn;t fail any tests - the header says it failed WEIGHT 10, but WEIGHT 10 is not a test is it? just a tier level of sorts, correct? Anyone have any

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] declude errors?

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
we have noticed over the last day or 2 that some messages are getting marked with our WEIGHT 10 Header mark of [SPAM ??] even though the message didn;t fail any tests - the header says it failed WEIGHT 10, but WEIGHT 10 is not a test is it? just a tier level of sorts, correct? WEIGHT10 is a

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
I also cut and pasted the raw html sourc into a program to count characters -- a total of 2438, including all spaces. Did you check the raw HTML source to see if it had http://6; in it? Are there any spaces after the http://6; in the c:\imail\declude\spamtext.txt file (which would require the

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] declude errors?

2002-10-16 Thread Webmaster - GlobalWeb.net
that is the puzzling part - that is the only line shown in declude logs. Sincerely, Randy Armbrecht Global Web Solutions®, Inc. 804-346-5300 x102 877-800-GLOBAL (4562) x102 - Original Message - From: R. Scott Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] declude errors?

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
that is the puzzling part - that is the only line shown in declude logs. In that case, I'm guessing that the WEIGHT10 test isn't set up correctly (something was changed from the default). If you E-mail me your \IMail\Declude\global.cfg file, I should be able to figure out what the

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Listed in Spam databases

2002-10-16 Thread Jeff Kratka
Hi Scott, Yes I did send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2 different times. it just becomes annoying that you can be listed without being notified. Jeff * TymeWyse Internet P.O.Box 84 - 583 N. Main St., Canyonville, OR 97417 tel/fax: (541) 839-6027 -

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread Karen Oland
ARRGGHHH spaces after the 6!!! and the same on all but one of the rules. All found and fixed (and several more rules later on with spaces. (but, yes, there was an http://6 in the raw source). Thanks for the help, Karen -Original Message- From:R. Scott Perry I also cut and

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter Help

2002-10-16 Thread Karen Oland
Also, filters only work with the Pro version of Declude, I believe. -Original Message- From: R. Scott Perry ... that I could do a filter to block all messages using that opt-in statement by: 1. putting While visiting a partner website, you opted-in to receive special online

[Declude.JunkMail] More fun with logs

2002-10-16 Thread John Shacklett
What is the interpretation of these lines in my dec1016.log file? 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R1 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R2 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R3 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R4 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R5 Message OK 10/16/2002

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] More fun with logs

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
What is the interpretation of these lines in my dec1016.log file? 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R1 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R2 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R3 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R4 Message OK 10/16/2002 16:38:28 Qce29136 R5 Message OK 10/16/2002

[Declude.JunkMail] send headers

2002-10-16 Thread Emiel Berlo, van
Hi, When I put an XOUTHEADER in my global.cfg file it won't be put in my email when I use the imail webmail to send it. (Yes it works when I use my imail server as smtp server in outlook) Emiel. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] send headers

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
When I put an XOUTHEADER in my global.cfg file it won't be put in my email when I use the imail webmail to send it. (Yes it works when I use my imail server as smtp server in outlook) That is correct -- IMail usually sends web messaging E-mail directly to IMail1.exe, bypassing Declude.

[Declude.JunkMail] Customizing filters

2002-10-16 Thread eddie pang
I'm stumpted... How can I apply a weight system to the filter list? I am trying to create a word filter that will flag out Subject: Monday's Motivation from a certain user. Yet, be okay from another user using that subject. I am just testing the word monday's in the subject. Total weight=4.

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Customizing filters

2002-10-16 Thread R. Scott Perry
How can I apply a weight system to the filter list? That's easy -- the definition of the test (MYFILTER filter filename x 10 0) will determine the generic weight that will be added to the E-mail if the E-mail fails the test, and then each entry in the filter file (SUBJECT 5 CONTAINS Monday's