RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spamcop blocked message but not blocked

2006-09-20 Thread John T \(Lists\)
Yes, an IP could be delisted within a few hours. John T eServices For You "Seek, and ye shall find!" > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Panda > Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:20 PM > To: declude

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Spamcop blocked message but not blocked

2006-09-20 Thread Darrell \([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Yes, servers can be removed from Spamcop pretty quick depending on various factors. FWIW IMO Spamcop tends to list known legit mailservers fairly often (gmail, aol, earthlink, etc). I use it, but I also counter weight revdns for some of those big providers mailservers to counter spamcop hits.

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] ASSP

2006-09-20 Thread David Barker
Darrel, Because, we now have control of the SMTP we are able to do things like drop the connection on bad IP' instead of processing the entire email. We have a feature called block list which essentially tracks the weights of emails from an IP and then adds them to a block list this helps reduce a

[Declude.JunkMail] Help - Best Practices

2006-09-20 Thread Todd Richards
Hi Everyone - First of all, I am running iMail 8.22 on a Windows 2000 server, with Declude 4.09 and invURIBL 2.7. I have a new server on order and will be upgrading to Windows 2003 Server, iMail 2006, and Declude 4.xx in about a month. In the meantime (and probably very much unrelated to the abo

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spamcop blocked message but not blocked

2006-09-20 Thread Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango
John and Darrel. Thank you for your answers. I will be extremely careful then with Spamcop, the revdns is a very good suggestion. Regards Luis > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Sent: Miércoles, 20 de Sep

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spamcop blocked message but not blocked

2006-09-20 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
You can follow the link in the text that the SpamCop RBL returns, and then follow a link there for further information: http://www.spamcop.net/w3m?action=blcheck&ip=216.9.248.51 Which shows that this Blackberry server is listed again and will be for the next 16 hours. It also shows the recent hi

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Spike

2006-09-20 Thread Dave Beckstrom
I run Blackice Server on the mail server. It drops the connecting IP if we receive more than a user specified number of attempts for non-existent email addresses within a user specified time limit. It then blocks that IP for a user specified amount of time before removing the block. It prevents

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Spike

2006-09-20 Thread Glenn \\ WCNet
A large spike hit here Monday. Spool processing lagged about 1.5 hours, then got worse late in the night to over 9,000 files in spool and a 5-hr delay. Had to stop SMTP and clear the spool. I've noticed numerous D/T pairs that appear in \spool and hang there for a long time (10-15 mins), locked

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Spike

2006-09-20 Thread chris
These harvesting attacks need to be blocked at the smtp level, do not continue to let your server deplete it's resources on this bogus mail. If your server doesn't support SMTP blocking, a user on the list recently mentioned that he runs Black Ice Servertry that. chris -Original M

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Spike

2006-09-20 Thread Glenn \\ WCNet
How tricky is it to configure this? Current price I find is $300. G.Z. - Original Message - From: "Dave Beckstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:08 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Spike I run Blackice Server on the mail server. It drops the c

[Declude.JunkMail] Analyzing junkmail log files

2006-09-20 Thread Karl Hentschel
Up until upgrading from Declude 2.06 to 3.11 I had been using delog 1.08b from imagefxonline for analyzing my junkmail log files. After the upgrade it no longer works. Delog was a simple tool that emailed me daily and gave statistics for all the tests. From this I could determine which were the mos

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam Spike

2006-09-20 Thread Craig Edmonds
I just bought it and installed it one of my mail servers and its pretty good. Worth 300 bucks. Easy install easy to configure. Kindest Regards Craig Edmonds 123 Marbella Internet W: www.123marbella.com E : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Analyzing junkmail log files

2006-09-20 Thread IS - Systems Eng. \(Karl Drugge\)
I've been using my own, written in VB.net . Quick and dirty, but it gets the job done. Been thinking of porting it to run under a web page and selling it for cheap if there was an interest. Karl Drugge -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Be

[Declude.JunkMail] Blackice Server (was] Spam Spike)

2006-09-20 Thread Dave Beckstrom
It is a little tricky from the standpoint that it does not automatically block the IPs and Blackice does not document how to enable this feature. I actually got it working some years ago when I found a guy who had written their software manual. He and I corresponded and he helped me get it figure

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Analyzing junkmail log files

2006-09-20 Thread Darrell \([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Karl, I would recommend DLAnalyzer - (since its our product). It can process both virus and junkmail logs, process multiple days, process multiple servers, email capability, as well as providing all types of reports. It is compatible with past and current versions of Declude. Here is a li

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Analyzing junkmail log files

2006-09-20 Thread Heimir Eidskrem
Try here: http://www.invariantsystems.com/ Karl Hentschel wrote: Up until upgrading from Declude 2.06 to 3.11 I had been using delog 1.08b from imagefxonline for analyzing my junkmail log files. After the upgrade it no longer works. Delog was a simple tool that emailed me daily and gave statisti

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Analyzing junkmail log files

2006-09-20 Thread Craig Edmonds
Yeah I have the DLAnalyser on two mail servers and its also a decent product. It automatically emails me a nice html report each day showing all spam and virus activity for the previous day. Nice one Darrell. Kindest Regards Craig Edmonds 123 Marbella Internet W: www.123marbella.com E : [EMAIL P

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Analyzing junkmail log files

2006-09-20 Thread Craig Edmonds
I also use baretailpro from baremetalsoft.com to look at log files. When the server is getting "peaky" its excellent for looking at logs "on the fly" because you can tell it to highlight certain keyword. They do a couple of versions. A free version and a pro version. The free version is okay but

[Declude.JunkMail] iMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread Wolf Tombe
I apologize if this is OT; but this is the best support group I know of for emergency situations, and I have one.  Starting one week ago today (slept 13th), my iMail Sysxxx.txt log files began to grow out of control.  Files, that for several years have averaged around 4Mb in size, suddenly

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] iMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread Michael Jaworski
Title: Message 1. Check your logging level. Make sure it is not at a debug level.   M -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wolf TombeSent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:35 PMTo: declude.junkmail@declude.comSubject: [Declude.J

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] iMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread Glenn \\ WCNet
Yes, happened a month or so ago, for several days.  I think during a particularly heavy dictionary attack.  Spammers don't make sense, attacking a server so hard as to effectively crash it.  They're cutting their own throats.   G.Z.     - Original Message - From: Wolf Tombe To: dec

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] iMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread Matt
If you have it set up for the "log server", it is in fact a syslog server and you might have another app that is sending packets to it. If you can't open the logs, then delete the current day's log and then open it after it starts to grow again.  It is likely that the data being recorded will

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] iMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango
Under your domain name  (based on your email), I performed several tests to make sure you are not an open relay, and it seems you aren't .   with that said, only thing I can think of is that you are suffering a huge dictionary attack and that infor is -of course- being logged.   Probably "Ve

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] IMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread John T \(Lists\)
1. You are probably experiencing Dictionary attacks which could account for sudden jump in log files. 2. Your server may be hijacked and is relaying spam. 3. Possible that one or more computers (man would I like to say users, he he) is infected with a virus and is sending out large amount

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] IMail Sys Log Files are growing out of control

2006-09-20 Thread Wolf Tombe
I want to thank everyone who responded so quickly to my post!  Following the advice of several of you I was able to get a small logfile (seconds after I restarted the logging) and found that I’m being hammered by a dictionary attack coming from 89.138.31.75.  I’m looking to block the IP add