[sniffer] Re: False Positive - how to react?

2007-10-02 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Stefan, Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 3:14:03 AM, you wrote: > Pete McNeil wrote: >> I will respond off list. > Did you try to contact me? Yes. > I didn't see anything from you. > If yes which e-mail address did you use? I used the address you used to post to the

[sniffer] Re: False Positive - how to react?

2007-09-26 Thread Pete McNeil
to be considered a "best practice". BUT - that is certainly not always the case and there are plenty of systems that do delete or reject messages instead. We do our best to handle all cases ;-) _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Re

[sniffer] Re: False Positive - how to react?

2007-09-26 Thread Pete McNeil
that happened. What you don't want to show is your authentication string. Treat that "like a password". When we see those exposed on the list we change them ;-) _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. ###

[sniffer] Re: False Positive - how to react?

2007-09-26 Thread Pete McNeil
ffer. >>> For the first (known) time I see Message Sniffer filter a valid mail. >>> What is the best way to handle stuff like this? >> >> Check out this page: >> http://kb.armresearch.com/index.php?title=Message_Sniffer

[sniffer] Re: Address

2007-09-24 Thread Pete McNeil
t's not done already is to set up proper SPF records for your domains. That will at least help others skip the malware using your addresses more easily. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is se

[sniffer] Re: Category idea

2007-09-24 Thread Pete McNeil
we're looking at creating as a product at this time. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe,

[sniffer] Re: FPs on 1573590

2007-09-21 Thread Pete McNeil
. Darin.     I've pulled the rule. _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[sniffer] Re: Microsoft Exchange

2007-08-13 Thread Pete McNeil
nto IIS SMTP as a mail sync. However that can be challenging. What you are probably looking for in this case is ORF http://kb.armresearch.com/index.php?title=Message_Sniffer.Installation.ORF Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs,

[sniffer] Re: version

2007-08-10 Thread Pete McNeil
  Jason --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-m

[sniffer] Re: pricing

2007-08-09 Thread Pete McNeil
; Also Pete, I don't think the plugin works with his version of MDaemon. I think you need Version 8 and up.   Daniel From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:29 AM To: Message Sniffer Community Subject: [sniffer

[sniffer] Re: pricing

2007-08-09 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Jason, Thursday, August 9, 2007, 2:24:51 AM, you wrote: > hi all may I know the pricing of message sniffer plugins for Mdaemon? is it a one time cost or depends on users? A subscription to the rulebase is $495 / year per server. Thanks, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scient

[sniffer] Re: working copy

2007-08-08 Thread Pete McNeil
arch.com/message-sniffer/forms/order-trial.jsp Hope this helps, Thanks! _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E

[sniffer] Re: New campaign not caught

2007-08-08 Thread Pete McNeil
nfidentiality, privilege or copyright.   From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:44 PM To: Message Sniffer Community Subject: [sniffer] Re: New campaign not caught   Hello Scott,   We have been working on both and we'

[sniffer] Re: New campaign not caught

2007-08-07 Thread Pete McNeil
Although Farm Progress Companies has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments.   --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research L

[sniffer] Re: Imail QueueMgr.exe consumes all Paged Pool

2007-08-03 Thread Pete McNeil
h very ordinary channels in very ordinary ways, so unless the OS decides to do something different with it you shouldn't see any special requirements. Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # Th

[sniffer] Re: Warning: eBay False Positives

2007-07-23 Thread Pete McNeil
> the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -

[sniffer] Re: July 18

2007-07-18 Thread Pete McNeil
r patience and understanding! _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch t

[sniffer] Re: After AutoSNF MessageSniffer stops working

2007-07-07 Thread Pete McNeil
.tst > :nevermind > # > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PR

[sniffer] Spam Storm - Watch for high traffic rates - ecard malware & new PDF variant

2007-07-03 Thread Pete McNeil
spam traffic with spikes well in excess of 300% Hope this info is helpful, Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC.<><># This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the

[sniffer] Re: I'm confused

2007-06-30 Thread Pete McNeil
99-765-794-f > X-MessageSniffer-Result: 0 > If I'm reading this right, the message in question triggered two rules > with a score of "61" and two other rules with a score of "0". The "0" > trumps the "61"??? -- Pete McNeil Chief Scient

[sniffer] Greeting Malware Spike Graph

2007-06-29 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Sniffer Folks, Vertical Wall Of Spam -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC.<># This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTE

[sniffer] Spam storm -- Greeting card malware w/ numbered links.

2007-06-29 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Sniffer Folks, The greeting card malware spam is being pushed right now with amazing bandwidth! This is the first 11000+ / hour spike we've seen in quite a while. Rules are in place for this, but be on the look out in case it hits you before your update is ready. _M -- Pete M

[sniffer] Re: .pdf Attachments

2007-06-28 Thread Pete McNeil
r example) into pdfs to make them more difficult to filter. That's it :-) _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe

[sniffer] Re: Mdaemon Plug-in Update

2007-06-27 Thread Pete McNeil
cipate and comment. The command line version is also in late alpha testing on a similar variety of systems and both projects will continue to be developed in parallel. Hope this helps, Thanks! _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Lab

[sniffer] Re: After Updating MXGUARD

2007-06-27 Thread Pete McNeil
hat is done you can start things up again and everything should work normally. If not then the normal testing procedures should help you discover the problem quickly. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. ##

[sniffer] Rulebase Compiler Upgrade

2007-06-25 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Sniffer Folks, We have just completed an upgrade to the rulebase compiler software. The new version is 20-50% more efficient - as a result, updates will be produced a bit more quickly and consistently. There is no need to make any changes on your systems. Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil

[sniffer] Re: Dead Sniffer processes piling up.

2007-06-14 Thread Pete McNeil
-out nor Declude's attempt to kill them has been successful apparently. Thanks for the details on this. _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the

[sniffer] Re: Dead Sniffer processes piling up.

2007-06-14 Thread Pete McNeil
rt SMTP Also, presuming you have a persistent instance - make sure that is still running. If that had failed for some reason then you might be running now in peer-server mode which will be a bit slower than persistent mode. Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Resea

[sniffer] Re: Error Messages since WeightGate

2007-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This

[sniffer] Re: medical spam

2007-06-04 Thread Pete McNeil
undreds of variations of a campaign with only a hand-full of rules. Of course this prompts the blackhats to produce spam that is even more highly variable and delivered with more bandwidth. It's an arms race - no doubt about it. _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Sc

[sniffer] Re: Appriver issue

2007-05-19 Thread Pete McNeil
backspace keys never caught on. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to

[sniffer] Re: Appriver issue

2007-05-19 Thread Pete McNeil
ural changes and new tools developed from this event; the investigation is ongoing; and additional system changes will be forthcoming to help make these kinds of events far less likely, and even to help harden subsystems against the effects of these events whether they are caused unintentionally (such a

[sniffer] Re: Appriver issue

2007-05-18 Thread Pete McNeil
guesses as to what happened there -- but if you're not using AppRiver then you shouldn't have been effected. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because yo

[sniffer] Re: Appriver issue

2007-05-18 Thread Pete McNeil
de rulebase updates for SNF. Yesterday's events created a tremendous load on the network and that caused some packet loss that caused rulebase downloads to slow down for a time. For more about ARM see: http://www.armresearch.com/ Hope this helps, Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, A

[sniffer] Re: Downloads are not working....

2007-05-17 Thread Pete McNeil
gt; to release it now. > This isn't good The good news is that the problem has been corrected now. We are still seeing some after-effects from it, but those should be gone before too long. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientis

[sniffer] Re: Downloads are not working....

2007-05-17 Thread Pete McNeil
n the next 20 minutes or so. Our rulebase server is on the same network so it is effected. BTW - they did not take down their contact information. It is right where it always has been. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. #

[sniffer] Re: Downloads are not working....

2007-05-17 Thread Pete McNeil
elf is ok. The problem is on the network. I will provide new data as it arrives. Thanks, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list

[sniffer] Re: Downloads are not working....

2007-05-17 Thread Pete McNeil
t; the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMA

[sniffer] Re: Spam

2007-05-14 Thread Pete McNeil
y 10 hour period. At the moment this family of campaigns appears to be contained, though we do continue to see new variations and train the system to recognize them and some predictable variants. * Today there has already been at least 2 new campaigns launched with extremely high bandwidth. Hope this

[sniffer] Re: Spam

2007-05-14 Thread Pete McNeil
usand new spam per hour. Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switc

[sniffer] Re: Spam

2007-05-14 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello David, Monday, May 14, 2007, 2:59:16 AM, you wrote: Do not send spam to the sniffer@ list. Submit un-captured spam to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or preferably to a spam collection pop3 box on your system that can be picked up by our bots. Thanks! _M ###

[sniffer] Re: Spam

2007-05-13 Thread Pete McNeil
### > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the

[sniffer] Re: Spam

2007-05-13 Thread Pete McNeil
ribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTE

[sniffer] Re: Spam Storm

2007-05-08 Thread Pete McNeil
you are seeing or are is it something else? Thanks, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTE

[sniffer] Bad rule alert - minor, but notable...

2007-05-01 Thread Pete McNeil
helps, Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST m

[sniffer] Re: QUE Files in Sniffer directory

2007-04-21 Thread Pete McNeil
ami You can clear them also and everything should return to normal. Follow this procedure: Stop SMTP Wait for SNF to finish any messages. Stop SNF Delete any orphaned job files (.QUE, .XXX, .WRK, .ABT, .FIN, etc) Start SNF Start SMTP Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist,

[sniffer] Re: Fw: lot's of legit mailservsr in spamdatabases

2007-04-19 Thread Pete McNeil
port what it learns. If it sees a lot of spam then it will decide that the IP is not a good source and will act accordingly. If it sees primarily legitimate messages then it will decide that the IP is good. If it sees a mix then it most likely will decide not to decide. _M --

[sniffer] Re: Fw: lot's of legit mailservsr in spamdatabases

2007-04-19 Thread Pete McNeil
t should be tuned. Theory is nice, and current test data shows that the theory stands up very well -- but we're all about reliability here so I want to see how it works when we throw our "wild mix" of systems at it ;-) Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scienti

[sniffer] Next project: Updated SNF plugin for MDaemon - seeking input.

2007-04-18 Thread Pete McNeil
uestions or comments please do not hesitate to contact us either through our support@ address or on this list. Thanks! _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to

[sniffer] Re: Anyone else getting hit hard today?

2007-04-15 Thread Pete McNeil
read, copy, distribute or otherwise act upon this email. If you have received the email in error,  please contact the sender immediately and delete the email. The unauthorized use of this email may result in liability for breach of confidentiality, privilege or copyright.   --  Pete M

[sniffer] Re: How to incorporate a white list?

2007-04-04 Thread Pete McNeil
e. Given the circumstances - disabling F001 appears to be the best choice. If conditions change then we can always reactivate the device. Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is

[sniffer] Re: How to incorporate a white list?

2007-04-04 Thread Pete McNeil
The F001 bot will be disabled until further notice. _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to

[sniffer] Re: How to incorporate a white list?

2007-04-03 Thread Pete McNeil
nt these events. For example, there is one mechanism were IPs that appear to be at risk are entered into the IP rule group as "nokens" (Excluded on entry) to prevent manual or automatic processes from creating black rules. As you point out, though,

[sniffer] Re: How to incorporate a white list?

2007-04-03 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Andy, Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 9:36:17 AM, you wrote: > Hi Phil, > Yes, it seems as if some Sniffer rules, e.g., 1367683, is broadly targeting > Google's IPs. > I've submitted 3 false positive reports since last night, at least two of > them were Google users, one located in the U.S. and t

[sniffer] Re: How to incorporate a white list?

2007-04-03 Thread Pete McNeil
Hope this helps, Thanks! _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the

[sniffer] Re: Blank Header Emails still getting Through

2007-03-29 Thread Pete McNeil
rt@ as an attachment. I will take a look at it. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[sniffer] Re: Is this working?

2007-03-28 Thread Pete McNeil
gt; To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are

[sniffer] Re: assert! ?

2007-03-21 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Jay, Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 1:08:35 AM, you wrote: > What's the status of Assert!? I see this mentioned in your Wiki in > August of 05, but it's "coming soon" on your web site? Assert! exists and was in production for a while, but we determined that it was not complete enough so we sh

[sniffer] Re: SPAM Storm?

2007-03-19 Thread Pete McNeil
he recent patterns. I'm sure it hit different systems in different ways. Images attached. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. snapshot20070319-48hr.png Description: PNG image snapshot20070319-30day.png Description: PNG image #

[sniffer] Re: Merak integration problems

2007-03-12 Thread Pete McNeil
guk.net Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switc

[sniffer] Re: Files in Sniffer Directory

2007-03-08 Thread Pete McNeil
than a certain date automatically? For example, if the file date is older > than the current date minus [Insert Number of Days Here] days, it could > automatically remove it. > - Original Message - > From: "Pete McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Me

[sniffer] Re: Files in Sniffer Directory

2007-03-08 Thread Pete McNeil
e by increasing the number of active processes on the system. Also, the extra files slow down directory scanning and this can also reduce performance and bring the system closer to having a problem. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. ##

[sniffer] Re: Uptick in spam

2007-02-26 Thread Pete McNeil
il to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .

[sniffer] Re: Temp folder location

2007-02-12 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Paul Rogers, Monday, February 12, 2007, 7:26:01 AM, you wrote: > Is there anyway way to change the location where sniffer drops its temp > files (other than moving the app files)? No. The current version of SNF uses a single directory for it's workspace. Best, _M -- Pete M

[sniffer] Re: Lots of stock spam getting through

2007-02-05 Thread Pete McNeil
ch of these come through with a lot of bandwidth behind them... SNF should be catching them now (it is here). Chances are that some got through to you before your rulebase updated with the new rules. Let me know if you're still having a problem. Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief

[sniffer] Pictures worth a few words...

2007-01-16 Thread Pete McNeil
Note on the 48 hour graph that 20 hours ago the rates doubled (as if somebody "flipped a switch") and this does not appear to be a spike (It's not coming down). _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. 200701161031-48hour.png Description: PNG image 2007011610

[sniffer] Re: Lots of False Positives

2007-01-15 Thread Pete McNeil
procedure and we will get the rule adjsuted or removed. This are rare - but they do happen. Please see the info on our rule-panic process: http://kb.armresearch.com/index.php?title=Message_Sniffer.FAQ.FalsePositives#Sniffer_is_suddenly_creating_a_lot_of_False_Positives._What_do_I_do.3F Hope this

[sniffer] Re: Checking Local Spam Mailbox

2007-01-15 Thread Pete McNeil
ly depending upon the amount of traffic in the system. For example, if the other boxes checked in the same loop have a lot of traffic then it may take some time for the bot to get to your box. When traffic is light then all boxes get checked very quickly. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm R

[sniffer] Re: FTP server / firewall issues - Resolved.

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
reason you are VERY likely to get a clear picture of why not. * On our side of the net it is a very easy, off-the-shelf, and conventional thing to scale up http services. Not so w/ FTP. Also, from a security point of view there is always only one hole to open in the firewall. Hope this helps, _M --

[sniffer] Re: FTP server / firewall issues - Resolved.

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
ou are getting I'll see if I can find a reason for the failure. Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-

[sniffer] Re: FTP server / firewall issues - Resolved.

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
ble achieving the same results, and an analog of the same script is usable on *nix systems where wget and gzip are generally already installed. There are others of course. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. #

[sniffer] Update rate increased by 16.6%.

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
you should also see less leakage and quicker responses to new mutations of spam. Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To

[sniffer] FTP server / firewall issues - Resolved.

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
safe bet that FTP access for SNF rulebase files will remain functional through the end of this month however. Thanks! _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscrib

[sniffer] Re: Transition to new deliver server completed. Watch Out For The Minor Changes!

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
condition. Cleanly = stop smtp first, stop your persistent instance, Then (once no more messages are being processed) clean out any abandoned job files (.xxx, .que, .fin, .wrk, .err, .abt) then restart your persistent instance, then restart smtp. Hope this helps, Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chi

[sniffer] Re: Transition to new deliver server completed. Watch Out For The Minor Changes!

2007-01-05 Thread Pete McNeil
e have the firewall issue cleared the tempftp host will go away. Sorry for the trouble. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing lis

[sniffer] Transition to new deliver server completed. Watch Out For The Minor Changes!

2007-01-04 Thread Pete McNeil
stment or else the script will fail to authenticate. As far as I can tell from watching the logs there are no other issues so far. Thanks to Matt Reimer for tracking this down and reporting the fix. Best, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientis

[sniffer] Re: Upgrading SNF rulebase delivery servers.

2007-01-03 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Filippo, Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 5:33:41 PM, you wrote: > Hello Pete, > I need any changes on my script file to download Sniffer Updates now? > Please let mw know. No changes will be required. _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research

[sniffer] Upgrading SNF rulebase delivery servers.

2007-01-03 Thread Pete McNeil
We will do what we can to minimize this possibility. Hope this helps, Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe,

[sniffer] Re: Rules for Large International ISPs

2006-12-28 Thread Pete McNeil
y the message in any way -- provided the FP is discovered and submitted within the storage window... This is all theoretical at the moment however and is likely to be bundled with message archiving and quarantine features that may obviate the need for such a thing... Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Ch

[sniffer] Re: Rules for Large International ISPs

2006-12-28 Thread Pete McNeil
s, of course, apply). It is inevitable that there will be a nonzero error rate - but that error rate is demonstrably small given our current process, and we are constantly researching and developing techniques to improve on that rate. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil

[sniffer] Re: Uploading problems

2006-12-12 Thread Pete McNeil
e subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[sniffer] Re: Sniffer White List

2006-12-12 Thread Pete McNeil
r a zero result NOT to indicate a whitelist hit, but rather the absence of a black-rule hit. On some systems that have customized rulebases, local white rules _may_ be coded to a special result code so they can be extracted from the results, but this is not usually the case. Hope this helps, Thanks

[sniffer] Re: Stock spam

2006-12-12 Thread Pete McNeil
the only test to fire on image spams so it has become necessary to abandon that tactic in order to minimize leakage. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you

[sniffer] Re: Uploading problems

2006-12-07 Thread Pete McNeil
You might try using PASV mode so you don't have to open up your firewall too much. I think that SFTP also works on this box though I've not tried it personally. We have approximately 130 systems uploading log files, so I'm sure the server side is working ok. _M -- Pete McNe

[sniffer] Re: Trouble with new BSD server

2006-12-05 Thread Pete McNeil
MAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. #

[sniffer] Update Notifications Text Change.

2006-12-05 Thread Pete McNeil
pdate notifications you will want to revisit that mechanism to see that it still works. Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list

[sniffer] Re: Files that appeared in sniffer directory

2006-12-03 Thread Pete McNeil
Restart your SMTP processing. 7. Check your SNF log file for any errors. Hope this helps, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing li

[sniffer] Re: Uploading problems

2006-12-03 Thread Pete McNeil
t; Transmitted 27779584 bytes in 930.4 secs, (292.72 Kbps), transfer failed > ! Receive error: Blocking call cancelled -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed

[sniffer] Re: Configuring Sniffer in declude....

2006-12-02 Thread Pete McNeil
h sniffer exit code I am checking? For example, 062, 063, etc. Thanks > again, > > Keith > > From: Message Sniffer Community on behalf of Pete McNeil > Sent: Fri 12/1/2006 11:37 AM > To: Message Sniffer Community > Subject: [sniff

[sniffer] Re: Configuring Sniffer in declude....

2006-12-01 Thread Pete McNeil
at's it's only purpose. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[sniffer] Re: Configuring Sniffer in declude....

2006-11-30 Thread Pete McNeil
but it is very lightweight and so I expect the cycles saved far outweigh those that are added. Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mai

[sniffer] Re: Configuring Sniffer in declude....

2006-11-29 Thread Pete McNeil
switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To > switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send > administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # > This message is sent to y

[sniffer] Re: Version 2-3.5 Release -- Faster Engine

2006-11-15 Thread Pete McNeil
stfix http://kb.armresearch.com/index.php?title=Message_Sniffer.Installation.SpamAssassin Hope this helps, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to th

[sniffer] Re: New web server

2006-11-14 Thread Pete McNeil
xtension of the page (pages should all now be .jsp) and please let us know so we can fix it.   Thanks!   k --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because you are subscribed t

[sniffer] Re: Persistant mode

2006-11-06 Thread Pete McNeil
ads itself and the rulebase every 10 minutes or so (unless that is changed in the .cfg file or the reload command is given at the command line). You don't need to do anything to get the new rulebase to be recognized. _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research L

[sniffer] Re: Increase in spam

2006-10-25 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Andrew, Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 1:33:20 PM, you wrote: > For another organization's graph of spam trends as received by them, > check out the updated graphs at TQM cubed: > http://tqmcube.com/tide.php > Their graph shows a sharp uptick at the end of June 2006. ...and a new upward tr

[sniffer] Re: Version 2-3.5 Release -- Faster Engine

2006-10-24 Thread Pete McNeil
our license ID (match your existing .exe). Copy the new .exe over the old .exe. Restart your persistent instance (if you have one). Start processing messages. Thanks, _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # T

[sniffer] Re: Version 2-3.5 Release -- Faster Engine

2006-10-23 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Alberto, Monday, October 23, 2006, 4:27:08 PM, you wrote: > Same method for Imail 2006.1 + MxGuard ?? Yes. _M --  Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. # This message is sent to you because

[sniffer] Re: Version 2-3.5 Release -- Faster Engine

2006-10-23 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Jacques, Monday, October 23, 2006, 3:25:52 PM, you wrote: > We are now using sniffer 2-3.5 on BSD. Did you have any trouble compiling that? Also, which version of BSD (for reference). Thanks, _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs,

[sniffer] Re: Version 2-3.5 Release -- Faster Engine

2006-10-23 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Computer, Monday, October 23, 2006, 4:16:16 PM, you wrote: > Hi Jeff,   Be sure to stop the Sniffer services (Persistent) and the Declude services, then rename and replace the Sniffer EXE file, then restart the services. A much more complete answer :-) _M --  Pete McN

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