RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] 2-3.0i9 looks good to me... How about you?
Here is what I've been using for several months now, compiled from the original Sniffer autosnf.cmd file and suggestions found on this list: = rem First, get the updated rules file from the web site. wget -N http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/rulebase.snf -O rulebase.new.gz --header=Accept-Encoding:gzip --http-user=sniffer --http-passwd=ki11sp8m -o snfupd.txt rem Uncompress the rulebase file. gzip -d -f rulebase.new.gz rem If that worked, then there will be a sniffer.new file. if exist rulebase.new goto Replace rem If the above test fails, then we skip to the end of the file rem and take no further action. Everything stays as it is. goto Done rem If the test didn't fail we'll replace our file. :Replace rem The check utility gets the ID from the name but it ignores the rem extension so we'll rename it for the test. rename rulebase.new rulebase.tst rem Now we need to test the file and check our error level. If the rem check fails we'll skip to the end snf2check.exe rulebase.tst license-id if errorlevel 1 goto Done echo New File Tested GOOD! rem If we didn't fail then we can go ahead and make the switch. if exist rulebase.old del rulebase.old rename rulebase.snf rulebase.old rename rulebase.tst rulebase.snf rem Handle any additional successful system updates here (before Done). :Done rem If things went well we're all ok. rem If something went wrong then we'll do a bit of cleanup. if exist rulebase.tst del rulebase.tst = Copy everything between the equal signs and paste it into your autosnf.cmd file. Rename rulebase everywhere in the script with your Sniffer rulebase name and rename license-id to your actual Sniffer License ID. Then you can set it to check hourly via Task Scheduler and it will only download if the file has changed, and if it has, it will send a request to the Sniffer server to compress the file before downloading. Also, watch for word-wrapping, the wget line should be one long line. The snfupd.txt file will allow you to check the status of each download attempt, as it is created (overwriting the existing file) with each download attempt. Bill -Original Message- From: Darrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] 2-3.0i9 looks good to me... How about you? Does anyone have a little dissertation on how they have this setup. Darrell --- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
[sniffer] Imail
Hello Sniffer folks, Want to know why I have not renewed my Ipswitch Support Agreement? Here is their response to a serious bug that I reported. (Which has yet to be fixed). Mike, Our Development Team has looked into this issue and has verified it as a defect that was introduced in Imail v8.1. Changes to this functionality would take an extended period of time; this is the reason we do not have any current plans to address this. Best Regards, Daniel J Whitaker Messaging Support Team Ipswitch, Inc. Michael Stein Computer House www.computerhouse.com (609) 652-3222 This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re: [sniffer] Imail
John Tolmachoff wrote: What is the bug? The bug in Imail was that the Control Panel for the Mail-to-Fax feature stopped functioning properly. We are heavy users of Mail-to-Fax, and the loss of the ability to work with the fax spool files has made things difficult for us. Mike Stein This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release
Hi, I have a support contract. Can you tell me what I need to do to upgrade? Is there a step by step somewhere? Thanks, Andrew Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thumpernet.com 315-282-0020 Thursday, October 28, 2004, 1:28:21 AM, you wrote: Hello Sniffer Folks, This is the official release of version 2-3.1 which has the following key features: * Improved stability and performance under heavy loads - especially on over-stressed servers or during uncharacteristically heavy peaks. * Persistent-Server timing enhancements significantly improve Message Sniffer's throughput when running under MDaemon's content filter. * Persistent-Server now produces a real-time status file for performance monitoring. The .stat file serves a dual purpose. First it is used by the Persistent-Server to publish performance specifications to client-peers. This allows a very tight coordination of timing events between client and server instances and reduces coordination overhead significantly. Second it provides for a ready monitor for current server throughput. Here is an example of the current status of our NT test bed as I write this: TicToc: 1098926268 Loop: 472 Poll: 356 Jobs: 158102 Secs: 389065 Msg/Min: 24.3818 Current-Load: 9.80392 Average-Load: 10.0682 * Diagnostics mode now available by modifying the .cfg file. The diagnostics log shows the activity of the peer-server swarm to aid in debugging if needed. * X-Header File option is now available by modifying the .cfg file. This produces a .xhdr file for each message processed. The file contains the x-headers that Message Sniffer would add to the message so that they can be picked up by compatible software and/or scripting (such as on *nix systems) and added to the message or interpreted for greater detail. The headers stubs are configurable and come in two forms that can be used together or separately. One header shows the final result of the scan. The other shows all of the pattern matches that were identified. These headers can be extremely valuable when processing false positives since they travel along with the message - (no more hunting for log file snips). --- The software calling Message Sniffer is responsible for deleting the .xhdr file once it has been used! * This version also includes some minor bug fixes and other minor enhancements. * The distribution file is now available in both .zip and .tar.gz formats from our Try-It page. http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Try-It.html * This version is a drop-in replacement for all 2.x versions. Thanks, _M Pete McNeil (Madscientist) President, MicroNeil Research Corporation Chief SortMonster (www.sortmonster.com) This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re: [sniffer] Imail
We dropped Imail completely after we tried v8.x. They have the crappiest webmail interface, support is slow and non-responsive and they want everyone to pay big bucks for anti-virus. We moved over to smarterMail from smarterTools.com its way better than smarter mail by far. This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release
Does the cfg file need to be renamed with your license id also? - Original Message - From: Pete McNeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release On Thursday, October 28, 2004, 3:57:02 PM, andyb wrote: at Hi, at I have a support contract. Can you tell me what I need to do to at upgrade? Is there a step by step somewhere? To upgrade to the latest version of Message Sniffer: 1. Make a backup copy of your current sniffer executable. [licensid.exe] 2. Download the latest distribution from our Try-It page. 3. Rename the executable from the distribution [snfrv2r3.exe] to match your license ID [licensid.exe]. 4. Replace the old .exe with the new one. If you would like to use some of the new features that require the .cfg file, and you don't already have a .cfg file in the directory with your .exe then you can copy the .cfg file from the distribution and the modify it as needed. If you already have a .cfg file in use then you should use the new .cfg file from the distribution as a reference and create a new .cfg file that does what you want. If you don't have a .cfg file and you don't have a need for any of those features then you don't need to do anything - but you might want to copy the .cfg file just in case you want to use it later. Hope this helps, _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re[4]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release
On Thursday, October 28, 2004, 5:20:43 PM, Scott wrote: SF Does the cfg file need to be renamed with your license id also? Yes, sorry I missed that step. The program identifies all of it's important files by the license ID, so yes, the .cfg file must also be named for the license ID as in [licensid.cfg]. Thanks for the catch! _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re[5]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release
Hi, I have no .cfg in the sniffer directory. Would it be located anywhere else? I'm really behind here...can you get me up to speed as to what the .cfg file does and what changes I would want to make to it if I decide to use it? Thanks, Andrew Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thumpernet.com 315-282-0020 Thursday, October 28, 2004, 5:38:20 PM, you wrote: On Thursday, October 28, 2004, 5:20:43 PM, Scott wrote: SF Does the cfg file need to be renamed with your license id also? Yes, sorry I missed that step. The program identifies all of it's important files by the license ID, so yes, the .cfg file must also be named for the license ID as in [licensid.cfg]. Thanks for the catch! _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
RE: Re[5]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release
It should be included in the zip/gzip file you downloaded. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:28 PM To: Pete McNeil Subject: Re[5]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release Hi, I have no .cfg in the sniffer directory. Would it be located anywhere else? I'm really behind here...can you get me up to speed as to what the .cfg file does and what changes I would want to make to it if I decide to use it? Thanks, Andrew Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thumpernet.com 315-282-0020 Thursday, October 28, 2004, 5:38:20 PM, you wrote: On Thursday, October 28, 2004, 5:20:43 PM, Scott wrote: SF Does the cfg file need to be renamed with your license id also? Yes, sorry I missed that step. The program identifies all of it's important files by the license ID, so yes, the .cfg file must also be named for the license ID as in [licensid.cfg]. Thanks for the catch! _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html --- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] Imail
How does Message Sniffer tie into SmarterMail? I'd like to publish that info. We developed a custom .net exe that is ran to scan the emails using message sniffer. I was simply pointing out a better mail server other than Imail for anyone to check out. This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
Re[6]: [sniffer] Version 2-3.1 Official Release
On Thursday, October 28, 2004, 6:27:42 PM, andyb wrote: snip/ at I'm really behind here...can you get me up to speed as to what the .cfg at file does and what changes I would want to make to it if I decide to use at it? If you haven't been using it then you'll want to start slow. Most of the things that can be adjusted in the .cfg file are best left alone unless you have a specific need to change them. All of the options are explained in the .cfg file itself - if you have additional questions after reading the descriptions there then please do ask. ;-) Most likely you won't use any of the options based on what's been said so far. That said, the things you can do in the .cfg file include altering timing parameters, adjusting the log file format, producing x-headers in an .xhdr file, or enabling the diagnostic mode. Hope this helps, _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
