Ø If you are not yet running the latest beta then that might help quite a bit since the GBUdb (IP reputation system) does a good job capturing new spam from old bots even before rules are coded.
Please clarify are you saying it would help if we had the beta installed? Regards David Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] J.P. MCP, MCSE, MCSE + INTERNET, CNE. www.adsldirect.com.au <http://www.adsldirect.com.au/> for ADSL and Internet www.romtech.com.au <http://www.romtech.com.au/> for PC sales Office Phone: (+612) 9453 1990 Fax Phone: (+612) 9453 1880 Mobile Phone: +614 18 282 648 Skype Phone: ADSLDIRECT POSTAL ADDRESS: PO BOX 190 BELROSE NSW 2085 AUSTRALIA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message is only intended for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential, legally privileged and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email, or taking any action in reliance on its contents by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Friday, 21 December 2007 6:14 AM To: Message Sniffer Community Subject: [sniffer] Re: Excessive amounts of spam Hello Steve, Thursday, December 20, 2007, 1:54:12 PM, you wrote: > Hello, Any word on the ramping up of Viagra spams getting through in the last week? I'm now getting more and more clients complaining so maybe the Message Sniffer traps are not getting these. Or is everyone off for the holidays already? I'll start sending over the ones I get to the spam address as a follow up. We are definitely here 24/7/365. We've seen a number of heavy campaigns recently, but we've generally been on top of them. At the moment we have 98.3% capture on our heaviest spamtraps - they are showing 400% of their nominal traffic - this is most likely attributable to the new campaigns launched today: At least two new campaigns launched today within the last few hours and we had both of those blocked very quickly. If you are not yet running the latest beta then that might help quite a bit since the GBUdb (IP reputation system) does a good job capturing new spam from old bots even before rules are coded. Also, be sure that your rulebase is up to date. The best way to update your rulebase is to trigger your update script based on our update notifications. If instead you are using a scheduled task / cron then you will want to check for a new rulebase at least once per hour. 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 <[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]>
