RE: [Declude.JunkMail] DYNHELO Test

2005-04-12 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hm - I looked at http://www.declude.com/Version/Manuals/2.0.6.asp - but don't find any DYNHELO? Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] BCC Test

2005-04-12 Thread Andy Schmidt
.0.79% BCC8...0.41% Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 01:12 PM To: Declude.JunkM

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Tip: Eliminating SPF domains from SpamDomains

2005-04-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
I tried that - "CONTAINS" would catch that variation anyway. However, the real answer is to add "IGNORE" or "WARN" to the $Junkmail$ file. I've gone through this before - and I just couldn't remember what it was... Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 20

[Declude.JunkMail] VA law leads to 9 years of jailtime

2005-04-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   remember the discussion several weeks ago - how VA law has a chilling effect on spammers, many of whom have cleaned up their mailing lists to remove aol accounts?   "Jeremy Jaynes was convicted in November for using false Internet addresses to send mass e-mail ads throu

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Tip: Eliminating SPF domains from SpamDomains

2005-04-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hm... Good point! Not set to anything - just subtracting weight right now... Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darin Cox Sent: Friday, April 08

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Tip: Eliminating SPF domains from SpamDomains

2005-04-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
er true? So - I wonder whether IPNOTINMX suffers the same. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colbeck, Andrew Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 05:30

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Legalities of adding header info

2005-04-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Well - I guess my point is that this is a legal matter, there is an argument that could be made - so one cannot simply "dismiss" this without proper consultation. And THIS list is NOT the right one to get proper consultation on "legalities". Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone:

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Legalities of adding header info

2005-04-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
x27;m talking about!) Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:55 AM To: Declude.JunkMail@declud

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Legalities of adding header info

2005-04-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
ore it was preventable by NOT breaking with the standard. So - if your system breaks the "implied feature" of BCC, then I think it would be very good idea if you publish a big disclaimer, and in a prominent location that your email users can't miss (e.g., don't put it in the f

[Declude.JunkMail] Tip: Eliminating SPF domains from SpamDomains

2005-04-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   I'm always seeking to eliminate "double failures" for single facts to prevent false positives and then "up" the weight for groups of tests that test the same facts.   Several domains that I used to have in SpamDomains (such as "Excite.com") are publishing SPF.   I used

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Beta protocols

2005-03-31 Thread Andy Schmidt
I'd like to speak out in favor of public betas. It would help CPHZ to weed out poor design decisions ahead of time, by testing against a broad number of configurations. I think it's better these things are found before the software is released. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 20

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Line Modifier: = ? i s o - 8 8 5 9 - 1 ? Q ?

2005-03-23 Thread Andy Schmidt
me foreign language word. However, the word Resume is spelled with accents... I'm not sure if the Euro currency symbol may even use that code table. So - be ready for false positives. Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle R

[Declude.JunkMail] IPBYPASS clashes with SPF

2005-03-18 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   a) I have my SMTP Gateways correctly defined in IPBYPASS, so that Declude can attempt to determine the ultimate sending IP address (for EXTERNAL emails).   b) However, the IPBYPASS logic is flawed, in that it does not allow for the fact that email may truly originate fr

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Any word on the 2.06 release?

2005-03-17 Thread Andy Schmidt
G, Declude is only following established industry practice (where target date and release date must be at least 1 year apart) Best Regards Andy -Original Message- From: John Tolmachoff Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:07 AM > Target release date for 2.0.6 - 28 March 04 I take i

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: RFC DNS Information

2005-03-16 Thread Andy Schmidt
7;s SMTP server as a "smart host". Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 http://www.HM-Software.com/ -Original Message- From:

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Any word on the 2.06 release?

2005-03-16 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Gary,   I've come to understand that the changes in 2.0 had been substantial (and clearly, the ripple effects of the per-user message handling were not fully understood). As a result, the fix has to be equally substantial (which apparently takes time) - and I'm sure they

[Declude.JunkMail] SpamRouting should only process "public" routes?

2005-03-15 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   the following header failed the "SPAMROUTING" test.   Received: from ms001msg.fastwebnet.it [213.140.2.51] by hm-software.com with ESMTP  (SMTPD32-8.15) id A17B1AA600C4; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:38:35 -0500Received: from fisso (5.9.180.73) by ms001msg.fastwebnet.it (7.2.052.

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude vulnerabilty: Tolerates forged local domains

2005-03-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
he ability to easily make use of very effective DUL/DYNA/DUHL lists - just because Declude allows spammers DO forge sender addresses! Matt's workaround is certainly clever (cudos!) - but unnecessarily complex and error-prone (to the average Declude user). Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M System

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Clock Time on Declude Support

2005-03-04 Thread Andy Schmidt
hen I had used it earlier this week?) Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 08:26 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com S

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.x

2005-03-04 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Nick, John, Eric, Fritz, Kevin, Dan, NCL Admin, et al: >>  This change removes our ability to override ROUTETO in special circumstances. << I recommend you sit tight just a little longer. The "new" behavior apparently was not intended and I'm certain, Declude will be made

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.x

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
No copyall account here. -Original Message- From: Ncl Admin The problem is the COPYALL account as it will always be HELD rather than have SPAM deleted as it always fails enough HOLD actions prior to DELETE weight. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.decl

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Failing my own MAILFROM test

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, Check if you defined any DNS servers for Declude. If not, see which ones are defines in the Imail settings. Query THOSE DNS servers to see if they have MX/A records. Sometimes people have an internal DNS server for the AD domain that doesn't have the "public" records. If that doesn't help -

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.x

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
" address, it may have to "remember" that new recipient so that it can reference it in case it later encounters a DELETE action. Or, to reverse that logic, let the ROUTETO remember the "new" recipient - but don't actually update the envelope until Spam processing for

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.0 Issues

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
confirm receipt. Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 http://www.HM-Software.com/ -Original Message- From: Erik Sent: Thursday, Marc

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.x, High-Weight Junkmail Not Deleted

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Matt:   >> I would also assume that you are scoring tests such as SNIFFER, INV-URIBL and NJABLDYNA, but it doesn't appear that these scores were added according to your headers <<   I think I can explain most of that.   a) I have several "combo" tests that do the actual a

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.x, High-Weight Junkmail Not Deleted

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
A, BADHEADERS, HELOBOGUS, REVDNS, SPAMHEADERS, SNIFFER, POSTMASTER, SPAMDOMAINS, WEIGHTKILL X-Countries: KOREA-KR->destination Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-RCPT-TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Status: U X-UIDL: 409773318 Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Diagnosing "from Reverse DNS [[No Reverse DNS]]"

2005-03-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, It meant it had no Reverse DNS. Instead of a host name (from the PTR), Declude returns the string: [No Reverse DNS] which you bracketed in another set of square brackets. Best Regards Andy -Original Message- If a spam message has a header entry like... X-Note: Sent with

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.x, High-Weight Junkmail Not Deleted

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message The message is NOT whitelisted (see log and header), so the bypass whitelisting WORKED.  The log and headers look differently, if whilelisting is effective.   The purpose of the bypass whitelisting is:   if weight >= 12 and recipients >= 6 -> bypass the whitelist if weight

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.x, High-Weight Junkmail Not Deleted

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message I don't have actions for different recipients.   So in my case all recipients have the SAME action.   Except that now ROUTETO outranks DELETE. Best RegardsAndy SchmidtPhone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)Fax:    +1 201 934-9206 -Original Message-From: [EMA

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.x, High-Weight Junkmail Not Deleted

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hm,   I may have an idea...   I have the feeling the problem may be with the "POSTMASTER" filter.  The idea behind it is - if any of the recipients are my [EMAIL PROTECTED] account, then "drop" all other recipients and ROUTETO that email ONLY to the postmaster address.  Th

[Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.x, High-Weight Junkmail Not Deleted

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   As promised, I will submit this case to Declude support.   This message has a weight of 21 and should have been DELETEd and it's way PAST my HOLD weight of 10. It also is beyond my BYPASS WHITELISTING weight of 19.   Yet, this message was delivered to my mailbox!   03/02

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Exclude source machine?

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
LIST    AUTH   ...right?   -d - Original Message - From: Andy Schmidt To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:17 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Exclude source machine? Hi,   this should

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Exclude source machine?

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   this should only happen with YOUR end users (who use YOUR SMTP server for relaying outbound messages). Any third party end users would relay messages through THEIR local providers SMTP server, which would then use that server's HELO string.   Thus, all you have to do is

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Kodak EZ Share (headers)

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
ain that you send "two" copies? Is the second copy different in any way? Correct email address for second copy? As far as I can tell nothing matching that description was held, blocked, rejected etc anytime near the 2:20 PM EST timeframe? Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Sof

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Kodak EZ Share (headers)

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
ntry in the Imail log files at 2:40 PM EST, then I strongly suggest that it's your Postfix gateway blocking the message - consult the Postfix logs. Maybe it's blocking based on FIVETEN. Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Sadd

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Kodak EZ Share (headers)

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Status: U X-UIDL: 409773178 Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 http://www.HM-Software.com/ -Original Message---

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Kodak EZ Share

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message >> All these get held on my system because you send it from “your” e-mail address without authenticating, so it never gets whitelisted with Whitelist Auth and it fails my spam domains test.  But if you aren’t seeing them at all, I’d guess it is the attachment size. <<   Marc -

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Kodak EZ Share

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
sk usage and a huge drop in corrupted lines. Andrew 8) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andy Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:22 AM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Log Corruption Hi, Yesterday was actua

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2 and DELETE continued

2005-03-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
to find the time to identify a new case and then re-submit that one to their tech support reporting channels... Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick H

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Log Corruption

2005-03-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message >> but why change the logs to single lines and not at the same time seek to normalize the format  <<   They were not changed to single lines?   Single lines of ONE message were grouped together - rather than scattered about. They are still single lines - just the ORDER of the

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Log Corruption

2005-03-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message >> Odd things is that I never get log corruption in message sniffer. So somebody is writing out logs that don't get corrupt. <<   Maybe because he is running as a "service", thus can serialize the log output?

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Log Corruption

2005-03-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
D. The increase in spam volume made it such that at MID, I had lots of log corruption again. With 2.x and the lines being written in a batch, I noticed an immediate drop in my disk usage and a huge drop in corrupted lines. Andrew 8) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Log Corruption

2005-03-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
's entirely possible that the log corruption is not really specific to 2.0x - but rather a secondary result because they forded me to deal with tremendously large log files (vs. the old MID log files). Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2 and DELETE

2005-03-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
upgrade to 2.04 (after the crashes were fixed). I thought I was dreaming and have not yet found the time to debug it. Thanks for the pointer. If letting through high-weight Spam is "low priority" on the "to be fixed list", then I guess I just have different priorities ? Best Reg

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2 and DELETE

2005-03-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, Oh, so it's NOT just me. Yes, there we virtually no corruptions before my upgrade from 1.82 to 2.04 - now they are plentiful. Best Regards Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Fisher Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:37 AM To:

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] DNSReport and DNSStuff websites

2005-02-22 Thread Andy Schmidt
Scott: Thank you for your capable and prompt support throughout those years. You will be missed. Best of luck in your new endeavors. PS: Sounds as if you'll have to adjust your thinking: Now the delivery of Spam may actually be a good deed . Best Regards Andy --- [This E-mail was scanned for

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] IMail's Relay for Addresses

2005-02-15 Thread Andy Schmidt
just define a mail route in THOSE gateways (e.g., IIS let's you do that easily) and bypass Imail (and Declude) entirely, if that should be desired. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.05

2005-02-14 Thread Andy Schmidt
came through for me today and did provide me with a workable 2.0.x. Ralph/Scott - thanks for debugging this! Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter / VBS for empty body wanted

2005-02-14 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Well - I  HAVE seen blank ones - but those were legitimate Outlook (?) generated emails for shared folder synchronizations.  They had no body, just an attachment. So I had a fairly high false positive rate. Best RegardsAndy SchmidtH&M Systems Software, Inc.600 East Crescent

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.0 -> crash

2005-02-11 Thread Andy Schmidt
Yes, it's occurring with 2.04. I agree with Scott in principle - it is better to determine the underlying cause of a problem, than to quick-fix the symptom. Too often have I seen short-term solutions cover up big issues that ended up having a much bigger impact later. Best Regards Andy Sc

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.0 -> crash

2005-02-11 Thread Andy Schmidt
Well, about an hour ago they had to leave for the weekend. I watched my system a little longer - and eventually seeing a crash every few minutes (due to high load), I had to go back to 1.82. Best Regards Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behal

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.0 -> crash

2005-02-11 Thread Andy Schmidt
er' - but I have the Imail\Spool tree excluded. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Franco Celli Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 08:28 AM To: Dec

[Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.0

2005-02-10 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Well - I tried...   Minutes after install my mail server became unresponsive - after a few minutes, I saw Dr. Watson in the task list - and then found these in the root. Best RegardsAndy SchmidtPhone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)Fax:    +1 201 934-9206   DECLUDE.GP1 Des

[Declude.JunkMail] Version 2.0 - Safe to Install

2005-02-10 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   haven't heard anything since the updated 2.x version was posted online.  Has anyone dared to install?  Any luck this time around?  Does it appear stable enough?  Or is everyone still waiting for everyone else? Best RegardsAndy SchmidtH&M Systems Software, Inc.600 East

[Declude.JunkMail] Outlook munging headers

2005-02-07 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   haven't played with this - but I know that people have been complaining about Outlook munging the headers. I wonder if this would help:   Additional compatibility can be achieved by enabling Outlook 2003 to save the original MIME source when connecting to a POP3 server.

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] inserting Sniffer log info into header

2005-02-07 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Interesting sounds like someone would have to write an External Filter.  Unless Declude is willing to "integrate" this in their Sniffer support.   When you turn this one - where do this XHDR files appear?  In the regular "spool" folder together with the queue and data file

RE: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] LDAP Password?

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
y more. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 01:28 PM To: Andy Schmidt Subject: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] LDAP Password? > Yes, using the same "root" user and the same "pas

RE: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] Need AD / LDAP help

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
, but, after that, isn't there some sample code how to add simply email addresses to AD so that ORF can find it? Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] LDAP Password?

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
time a new domain is added. I don't trust "manual" procedures - that's why I was looking for an automated way. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Need AD / LDAP help

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi Nick: Thanks. Yes, I aware of Vamsoft's official position. Sandy was very specific that it does work as long as the OpenLDAP is extended. Haven't seen anything in the 2.0 beta announcement that sounded like the "official" AD restriction had been lifted. Best Regards Andy

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Need AD / LDAP help

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Matt:   Thanks - I may have to go this way.   I assume you mean importing it to the orf-ent.ini, appending it to this section and then restarting the service?   [RecipientBlackList_OL][EMAIL PROTECTED]   How many entries (approx.) is your list? Best RegardsAndy SchmidtP

[Declude.JunkMail] LDAP Password?

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   I've gotten a request to add LDAP output to my ExtractImailAdr script (instead of just database output).   Alias2LDAP by Sandy does that already - however, if I understand correctly, the script has to be run for as many times as you have mail domains set up. Since that l

[Declude.JunkMail] Need AD / LDAP help

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   Sandy once wrote:   >>The best-fit protocol for directory lookups  is,  of  course, LDAP. ORF's Active Directory lookup feature, despite  the  vendor-specific name, can be run against OpenLDAP or any other  extensible  directory. If extending the LDAP schema in OpenLDAP

[Declude.JunkMail] Extract Users, Alias and HostAlias to Database for use on secondary MX

2005-02-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   I wrote a litte script that extracts all users and aliases for ALL mail domains of the Imail server and then associates each with the appropriate Host Aliases for each domain (if any) - and adds those to a database.   I also wrote a small matching sink for IIS SMTP that

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Imail 8.2 Beta

2005-02-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
Darrell: Very valid points! I may have spoken too soon... Now that I re-read this, I agree - the way it is written does make it sounds as if it may be some internal table and as if this may be limited to plain-text. If you hunch is true that would render this pretty worthless. Best Regards An

[Declude.JunkMail] Imail 8.2 Beta

2005-02-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Don't know if everyone saw that.    Looks as if for once, Imail may actually 'beat' Declude by supporting SURBL natively.   I'm curious if they'll at least do SOME of those checks (such as SPF) during the SMTP session - instead of accepting mail first.     New Features In Ver

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Problem with subject line in version 2.0

2005-02-01 Thread Andy Schmidt
Same here. This is the first beta I had not tested, after other experienced issues related to the new "setup" and I just didn't see any communication that sounded like others had successfully adopted. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Add Points if Domain Name IS Hello

2005-01-31 Thread Andy Schmidt
throw out most of the good mail with the bad because it too happens to comply with RFCs? Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Geiser Sent: Monday, Ja

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude 2.0b status

2005-01-25 Thread Andy Schmidt
me out. I remember people asking a few times for an updated/corrected beta and it seemed as if the answer was "real soon"? It's all been SUCH a long time ago... Is there now a 2.0 beta that's robust enough to install? Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 Eas

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude log analysis...

2005-01-18 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, I personally use DLAnalyzer for both Virus and Spam reporting. It's been enhanced several times in the past year. I also use it to automatically email daily spam/virus reports (summaries and lists of blocked messages) to certain clients. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-341

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] length of urls

2005-01-17 Thread Andy Schmidt
Funny I was just thinking that as I was writing an Email to Darrell to get him to add "bit-wise" comparison to his external filter. I find myself looking at "forth parties" to overcome limitations in the "third party" software that I bought to overcome limitations in Imail -Original Message-

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] list of allowed rcpthosts

2005-01-13 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   check the IIS log to see if it received the specific message, if it tried to relay the message, which server it tried to reach etc.   If it tried to relay, you can see what the other side responded - if it WAS Imail, you can check the Imail logs for more. Best RegardsAn

[Declude.JunkMail] Bitmask Checking - Suggestion

2005-01-13 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott:   This may have been discussed before.  I'd like to put in my vote for a "Bitmask" comparision feature for tests/sites that combine multiple values, e.g., SURBL:  2 = comes from sc.surbl.org4 = comes from ws.surbl.org8 = comes from phishing data source (labell

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Interesting tactic..

2005-01-12 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi:   Draw whatever conclusions you choose for yourself. I have not taken the bar in any state and am not qualified to enter into any argument. I reserve the right to base my lay-person opinion on the anecdotal evidence from the first-hand and personal conversation with activ

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Interesting tactic..

2005-01-11 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message The motivation for cleaning was not black-listing, it was AOLs aggressive pursuit of Spammers supported by VA state law that is one of the (if not "the") toughest with regards to computer abuse (including SPAM).  Since many Spammers DO operate out of the U.S. and/or market goo

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Interesting tactic..

2005-01-11 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Well, I CAN tell you that I have personal contacts with Spammers (who keep wanting me to take their business) - and from casual conversations about the "industry" I know that several DO clean any AOL mailboxes from their lists before doing campaigns out of fear of litigation b

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] external program with quotes....

2005-01-11 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott:   Assuming you have a good reason to expect spaces in the RDNS (if one managed to squeeze a space into their DNS server somehow, it would be invalid anyway!) - why not use a different delimiter?  You can use single quote or any delimiting character that is NOT a vali

[Declude.JunkMail] Spam Ratios, specifically: Sniffer and SURBL

2005-01-10 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Matt,   Well, statistics are a tricky thing. When you had posted on the Sniffer or Declude lists over the weekend that I should provide more specific numbers, I had no yet understood how you calculated your "percent of SPAM". The key is always how one defines 100%.    Now

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Calling an Executable - evaluating in multiple tests

2005-01-10 Thread Andy Schmidt
dge how Declude was designed to work. Sorry for the false alarm. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Horne Sent: Monday, January 10, 2

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Calling an Executable - evaluating in multiple tests

2005-01-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hm...  good point.  Let me check my Outlook defaults.    It clearly makes no sense to use that flag when posting to a newsgroup...   Is this causing problems? Best RegardsAndy SchmidtPhone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)Fax:    +1 201 934-9206 -Original Message-

[Declude.JunkMail] Calling an Executable - evaluating in multiple tests

2005-01-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott:   My config file has:       SNIFFER  external  nonzero "sniffer.exe authcode" 1 0       SNIFFER-SCAMS  external  053 "sniffer.exe authcode" 2 0    SNIFFER-PORN external  054 "sniffer.exe authcode" 2 0    SNIFFER-MALWARE external  055 "sniffer.exe authcode" 3 0   

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Sniffer Config

2005-01-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   I wouldn't know how to do that. I didn't know you could make an external test dependent on the current weight?   I do that for "filters" - and I like the idea for other tests. If it's past my DELETE weight, there is little point in going on.   So - no, being ignorant, I

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Sniffer vs. SURBL

2005-01-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Matt:   >> Second, Sniffer does cross checking with SURBL for creating new rules of certain types <<   Which means once THEY see a URL they use SURBL to RESEARCH it.   Obviously, that leaves any URLs that THEY have not yet seen (both other people have).  There are an unkno

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Sniffer vs. SURBL

2005-01-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Matt,   any "black-list" is subject to false positives. That's why we are all using Declude, so that we can combine the effect of different imperfect blacklists to assess a likelihood of something being Spam. It's entirely possible that you are relying exclusively on Sniffer

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Sniffer vs. SURBL

2005-01-09 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   currently I give it 50% of my hold weight.  So it must encounter additional factors before causing a "false positive".   However, it helps with pushing mail from the "hold" to the "delete" (or from "bounce" to "hold"). Best RegardsAndy SchmidtPhone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20

[Declude.JunkMail] Sniffer vs. SURBL

2005-01-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi,   Today I finally took the time (I didn't have) and ran both Sniffer and SURBL Tests (using http://www.invariantsystems.com/invURIBL/).   Result:     1,860  tagged by invURIBL only -> gain over Sniffer = 21%   8,926  tagged by BOTH invURIBL AND Sniffer 962  tagged by

[Declude.JunkMail] HELOBOGUS for Email from Postfix Gateway

2005-01-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott,   I'm colocating a Postfix gateway for a client - and "external" mail is being routed fine. However, I'm having a problem with Declude triggering on reporting emails that are generated directly ON the gateway itself:   - I have IPBYPASS set for 67.132.45.18 (which

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] HELO Filter not Working?

2005-01-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
The short/direct answer is: Declude gets it from the header. It doesn't "watch" the SMTP conversation. That information is inserted by Imail (or a server you trust by specifying IPBYPASS) by copying it from the HELO string. It only makes sense once I thought about it. Best Regar

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] DLAnalyzer - upgrading from 1.79i16 to 1.82

2005-01-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
doesn't matter if we add a few single lines for the other 20%. DLAnalyzer customers have to be aware that they MUST NOT run LOG_OK NONE if they upgrade from 1.79i16, which I think is perfectly acceptable. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] 1.82 -> Last Action no longer logged for IGNORE

2005-01-08 Thread Andy Schmidt
Please note the subject: I AM running 1.82 (the SpamHeader fix!) It's only missing if LOG_OK is NONE. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] 1.82 -> Last Action no longer logged for IGNORE

2005-01-07 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott:   Hm - it seems to be tied to:       LOG_OK  NONE   If I comment out that line, then 1.82 shows the "Tests failed" line again, if the Last action = "">   Can you remind me, what additional messages/log lines I will see if       #LOG_OK  NONE   is commented out? B

[Declude.JunkMail] 1.82 -> Last Action no longer logged for IGNORE

2005-01-07 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott:   Here is my log file BEFORE I upgraded from 1.7x to 1.82:   01/01/2005 00:08:06 Q303506642d68 Tests failed [weight=10]: IPNOTINMX=IGNORE SPAMHEADERS=WARN SNIFFER=LOG WEIGHTFILTER=WARN WEIGHT10=LOG 01/01/2005 00:08:06 Q303506642d68 Last action = ""> If the L

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] HELO Filter not Working?

2005-01-07 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, >> Remember, Declude JunkMail looks at the HELO/EHLO of the remote mailserver, based on IPBYPASS/HOP << Uh - that's the answer. Thanks for clearing this up. So the "HELO" is not necessarily taken from the HELO, but from the HEADER. That certainly explains it. Bes

[Declude.JunkMail] HELO Filter not Working?

2005-01-07 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message Hi Scott:   I'm running 1.82.   Here is the Imail 8 log:   01:07 13:13 SMTPD(d15f7804014ea63d) [63.107.174.14] connect 67.132.45.18 port 252501:07 13:13 SMTPD(d15f7804014ea63d) [67.132.45.18] EHLO mail.dollardays.com01:07 13:13 SMTPD(d15f7804014ea63d) [67.132.45.18] MAIL FRO

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] 2005 SpamHeaders Glitch?

2005-01-03 Thread Andy Schmidt
Well said. Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 http://www.HM-Software.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[E

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] dnsbl or OT ms smtp & orf

2004-12-30 Thread Andy Schmidt
y pretty receptive over there, but they are missing the big picture when it comes to spam blocking having never escaped the plain vanilla white/black scoring method.Side note to Andy Schmidt and other ORF users...do you have any need for this sort of thing?MattSanford Whiteman wrote

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] corrupt RIPE data

2004-12-30 Thread Andy Schmidt
r all is authoritative for its database - even if don't agree how they define "country" for the purposes of THEIR database. Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Bu

RE: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] SURBL vs. Sniffer?

2004-12-28 Thread Andy Schmidt
red by URI checks? Best Regards Andy Schmidt H&M Systems Software, Inc. 600 East Crescent Avenue, Suite 203 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458-1846 Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 http://www.HM-Software.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude Licensing & codes

2004-12-23 Thread Andy Schmidt
ude - and I fully support their efforts (in general) of license enforcement. However, I still hope that Barry recognizes the need that ALL customers need to know enough about the procedures to regain (!) MY level of comfort and confidence in the company and the product. Best Regards Andy Schm

[Declude.JunkMail] DNSstuff - NetGeo responding with empty page

2004-12-22 Thread Andy Schmidt
Title: Message http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/netgeo.ch?ip=81.15.216.130 and any other IP   Best RegardsAndy SchmidtPhone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)Fax:    +1 201 934-9206  

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