I agree. Keep in mind my software is free, no cost involved. ----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Mike Howeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:24 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: log file => spammers
> > well, I didn't go into why we use it, just how it was implemented... > > outlook's built-in block list does not, of course, affect the global spammer list maintained by xmail and is geared toward blocking > spam for individual users. our interest was in having point-of-use global spammer blocking; I and and other authorized individuals > can block IP addresses or domains (the latter is accomplished by having xmail compare RDNS results against spam-address.tab. the > outlook code I use in production can update either of those two files depending upon whether I want to block the IP or the MTA's > entire domain). thus, any admin who receives spam (or email from a user reporting spam or porn or company email policy violations > or whatever) can block it globally - not just for themselves - without running a standalone program to find the required > information. If he or she opens a message and decides that it should be globally blocked (or if they receive a spam report from a > user) they simply click. this is particularly convenient on Monday mornings when the logfiles have rolled a few times and we open > our inboxes to find scores of spam reports (or spam messages). The log files don't include enough information to determine whether > most messages are spam or not, but the messages themselves do. scripted automation of the task also permits inclusion of business > rules into the process - such as the recordkeeping done when spam is reported to an ISP, and what those reports contain. > > I am in no way ragging your program or method, our admins simply like our solution and it integrates into other business functions. > Time that relatively expensive admins spend cutting & pasting or running external programs when an automated solution can be had > costs money that I'd rather spend on hardware (or bonuses!). But similarly, for a single-user (or all-admin) deployment of xmail > (e.g., at home), it provides maximum convenience; I find it distasteful if I have a message open on my desktop to have to go > elsewhere to implement a block when the information is right there in front of me. > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 7/25/2003 > Tested on: 7/28/2003 12:50:21 AM > avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 7/25/2003 Tested on: 7/28/2003 12:53:15 AM avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
