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The spamming tools out their are usually through anonymous smtp relay so the original spammer will not see any replies assuming the from: address is legit in the first place. Letting the occasional false positive actually know why they could not deliver email is a good idea. Sometimes you just don't get the filter right the first time :-) ..Petar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salama hussein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:35 PM Subject: [VOPmail Beta] what is the "protocol filter" > * This is the vopmailbeta mailing list * > > > Didn't Vircom at some point was going to remove the "subject=...." part from > the bounced messages so that spammers don't get a hint why their messages > are being blocked? What happened to this enhancement? > > A spammer who sees these bounced messages decides not to use the blocked > subject anymore. > > Salama > > > >From: "David Payer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [VOPmail Beta] what is the "protocol filter" > >Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:07:27 -0500 > > > >MessageOn the control interface that is called the message filter. When it > >says protocol, I assume it means SMTP, POP, IMAP, etc. I have not had that > >portion of logging turned on before and have just noticed it. The ERR log > >indicates that it is is using the spmflt01.txt filter by saying: > > > ><< 554 Filtered out by Filter 0 because "Subject" = > > > >But this is different. (or so it appears) > > > >David > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Frank M. Cook > > > > doesn't it mean an entry in your spamflt0.txt? > > > > Frank M. Cook > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David Payer > > Subject: [VOPmail Beta] what is the "protocol filter" > > > > > > I see the following in my antispam logs: > > > > ---- SMTPRS log entry made at 10/13/2003 00:02:11 > > Connection from [63.162.190.21] blocked by the protocol filter. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Use custom emotions -- try MSN Messenger 6.0! > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_emoticon > > > ** > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > ** To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email.
