[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Mxuptime.com
Folks, Having integrated Sniffer into MxScan for SmarterMail, I would like to shared some of my thoughts : 1. From what I can see at the moment neither Commtouch nor Declude has direct hooks into the SMTP sessions. Any integration at SMTP session level would definitely require some changes from S

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread E. H. (Eric) Fletcher
I'd definitely favor B. Sniffer is so good at what it does that there is some real potential there depending on the degree to which you integrate with the SM anti-spam features like SMTP blocking for example. This would take some real work of course. -Original Message- From: Message Snif

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On 6/9/2010 6:54 PM, E. H. (Eric) Fletcher wrote: I wonder whether it doesn't become a solution in search of a problem. We're asked about it frequently, and since the command line option already exists it's worth fleshing out a bit. We've avoided building an interface for the proc hooks

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread E. H. (Eric) Fletcher
Great, I missed that, thanks! -Original Message- From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:snif...@sortmonster.com] On Behalf Of e...@insight.rr.com Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 4:08 PM To: Message Sniffer Community Subject: [sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ? S

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread ecs
SmarterMail - doesn't use an external SpamAssassin any longer. It will now scan emails internally using the SpamAssassin update files or whatever they are called. SmarterTools said they had too many issues with trying to use the windows version and just decided To do some internal integration.

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread E. H. (Eric) Fletcher
I wonder whether it doesn't become a solution in search of a problem. David Gregg over at mxGuard is small to be sure and on the licensing plan he's used in recent years I suppose mxGuard might quite working if he ceased doing business; however, his product is very reasonably priced, very light we

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On 6/9/2010 6:15 PM, David Moore wrote: We use MX Guard / Invuribl / Sniffer combo would it be a matter of removing Sniffer from the MXGuard.ini ? I would still like to use all 3 options. Theoretically that should work... so that you don't call SNF twice. What SNF is going to do in the SM com

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread David Moore
We use MX Guard / Invuribl / Sniffer combo would it be a matter of removing Sniffer from the MXGuard.ini ? I would still like to use all 3 options. Regards David Moore moo...@romtech.com.au J.P. MCP, MCSE, MCSE + INTERNET, CNE. www.adsldirect.com.au for ADSL and Internet www.romtech.com.au for

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On 6/9/2010 4:24 PM, e...@insight.rr.com wrote: Pete, This is great news! Strictly speaking, this is not new... But, somehow, it's been overlooked. We are interested in improving this option as much as possible and looking into other options too. It would also be a better option if you a

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On 6/9/2010 4:08 PM, E. H. (Eric) Fletcher wrote: I'd be willing to take a shot at it in the dead of the night (when spam ratio is high) and if we get through that in production during the day. Is there any failsafe in place to remove it from the loop if it detects it is not performing as expect

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread ecs
Pete, This is great news! It would also be a better option if you are able to work with smarterTools directly and see about getting sniffer integrated as a built in call when enabled. SmarterTools added an option for declude integration a few years back and we have been waiting for a true i

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread E. H. (Eric) Fletcher
I'd be willing to take a shot at it in the dead of the night (when spam ratio is high) and if we get through that in production during the day. Is there any failsafe in place to remove it from the loop if it detects it is not performing as expected? -Original Message- From: Message Sniff

[sniffer] Re: Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On 6/9/2010 2:44 PM, Pete McNeil wrote: Hello Sniffer Folks, We are working on testing and improving direct integration options with Smarter Mail. Shamelessly responding to my own post, I thought I would point out: You do not need to re-install Message Sniffer to test this option. If you al

[sniffer] Direct SmarterMail integration -- Some Testers ?

2010-06-09 Thread Pete McNeil
Hello Sniffer Folks, We are working on testing and improving direct integration options with Smarter Mail. The current option is very simple. We've posted a Q&A about it here: http://www.armresearch.com/support/qa/integration/smarterMail.jsp If you are interested in testing this implementati