At 8:16 AM -0800 3/8/02, Neil Herber nospam wrote: >Greetings list > >I have been using SIMS for just under a week and I am amazed at how >good it is at reducing the SPAM I get. I need some help with >creating appropriate rules. Please bear with me, or point me to a >URL that answers all these questions. (And yes, I have been through >the html docs several times!) > >1) I have all of the "SMTP Settings:Anti-spam settings" check boxes >set. I have all of the LAN IPs and my public IP (just one) listed >under Client Hosts. Is this correct?
I don't bother with the public IP in my client hosts as I never originate mail on my mail server. > >2) Under Black Listed I have placed the IPs of offenders who get >through the other filters. Is there any way to control the message >they receive in the bounce? Can I put in a quoted string like the >RBL Server List? To the best of my knowledge there is no way to tailor the message based on which entry in the black listed triggered the rejection. > >3) The only entry I have in the RBL Server List is [inputs.orbz.org >"Open Relay, see: http://www.orbz.org/ or http://spam.eton.ca/";]. I >wanted to have a longer quoted string, but it seemed to get cut off. >How do I make use of the different returns 127.0.0.X? That is, does >it make any sense to send different messages and if yes, then how? You need to put the 127.0.0.X numbers you wish to block into the black listed hosts lists. The mechanism allows you to use a RBL that returns different codes for different violations. You can then select which ones you care about by putting the appropriate codes into you black listed hosts. > >4) In the router I have an entry like this [P0PMAILER.ORG = error] >which seems to keep that whole domain out. I also have [<ima.tarpit> >= spamtrap] with that email address spread over my web pages as an >invisible field. Is there any way to change the messages these >generate? The Spamtrap ones seem quite mild compared to what I would >like to say. ;-> I don't know how to modify the response message for this rejection. > >5) When mail comes to my server through a trusted aliasing system, I >want to have SIMS look at the second to last Received: IP for relay >checking. Is there any way to do that? No. SIMS only processes the "envelope" of the mail. The Received: lines are in the body of the mail. I have heard that Communigator can do this. > >6) And finally, how can I use the "server wide rules" that are >available in Communigator but not in the web interface? Does anybody >use them? All SIMS rules are server wide :) But the specific item you are asking about is a Communigator only feature. > >Answers to any of these in any order greatly appreciated. Feel free >to email me off-list if you prefer. The email address is valid. > >Thanks > > >############################################################# >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >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]> -- ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 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]>
