I
would say set a screensaver that shuts down the system and set it to 90 minutes.
Since screen saver files (*.scr) are actually normal *.exe files renamed, you
should be able to use a shutdown.exe program renamed to *.scr that shuts down
the system without requiring command-line
I recall there was a problem with 8.2 and some attachment types. Have you
installed hotfix 2? It was fixed in one of the hotfixes when I remember
correctly.
Hotfixes are available here:
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/index.html
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1) IIS
2) No web server requirement(!) at all, only as an option
3) yes (as an requirement that is)
4) no
5) yes
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An:
Hi
there,
is it possible to
tell IMail to use a "smart host" or "gateway" for specific domains? E.g. "For everything that ends with '@something.de' don't
use the MX record for something.de but send it to SMTP host
123.123.123.123.
_Heiko
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Admin-ML
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:49 AM
To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com
Subject: [IMail Forum] Smart host for specific domains
Hi there,
is it possible to tell IMail to use a smart host or
gateway for specific domains? E.g. For everything
Title: Address of original sender, when sent to a list
If using Outlook (not Outlook Express) as a mail client, the person who
forwards the mail can click on "Options" in the toolbar and set a reply address
of his/her choice.
Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im
o Ability to detect hyperlinks in plain text emails and check them
against the spam URL blacklist table.
This is a feature long awaited from myself. Fantastic :)...
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Hi
everybody,
some of you guys
wanted the current version of my free IMail add-on "AdvancedSpamCheck" last
week, sorry for the delay, here it is:
http://www.iff.uni-stuttgart.de/download/software/AdvancedSpamCheck.rar
Some asked me in the
last releases to also offer it in legacy ZIP
If he deletes mails on his mail server and the same mail comes again, it seems that
the mail is arriving actually multiple times on the mail server, or the mail server's
index is corrupt or the mail server fails to delete the messages correctly after OE
tells it to do so.
However please note
I have just updated my own tool AdvancedSpamCheck to detect such empty mails.
AdvancedSpamCheck was coded by me to detect spam messages by specific rules that
IMail's anti-spam stuff cannot detect. (For those of you knowing an earlier version of
it: the href with line break rule was removed,
Uh, as far as I know, RAID 5 is faster than RAID 1, since it can distribute the write
packets on multiple hard disks at once, while RAID 1 (with Hardware RAID) is just as
fast as writing to a single non-RAID-disk. Isn't that correct?
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Yes, reading, but the talk was about writing.
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Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Pete McNeil
Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. August 2004 18:59
An: Admin-ML
Betreff: Re: AW: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Server Type for IMail
On Tuesday, August 31
Hi
everybody,
one question about
the phrase and URL domain black list filtering in IMail: Do they also work if
the message itself is base64-encoded? Does IMail decode the mail before doing
the checks? Does anybody know this?
. They
are simply Style attributes from a span tag, which makes them legal
or valid tags...
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From: Admin-ML [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 15:37:59 +0200
Also, I've noticed some neat little tricks done
Also, I've noticed some neat little tricks done by spammers
lately and was curious as to whether it's possible to filter
HTML tags as phrases
You can do that by using rules.
If you just want to filter by invalid tags click Invalid tag in the
Content Filtering (HTML) tab.
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That's why I put optional
In our corporate environment, html messages aren't needed and users are
suppose send plain text only. Of course what their suppose to
do and what
they do are two different things. Stripping html would cut
down on bandwidth
usage and would also protect the user from vbs,
optional ability to strip return receipts
This would be a cool option that would be cool for all IMail lists.
optional ability to strip html code and only get plain text in emails
I don't want to open a (senseless) discussion here, but there *are*
people that find a good use for HTML messages
While I agree, that the IE dependancy is a bad step, I seriously can't understand why
you don't have the newest service pack *and* rollup package *and* hotfixes running on
a server that is accessible from the Internet (due to the nature of a mail server).
With all the security holes, worms and
Tools
I would recommend installing a new data disk and mirroring
your imail top level folder to it. Then point to it from
imail. This will defrag the files as well.
John
On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:04:20 +0200, Admin-ML wrote:
Index errors are not critical, they are used to access files
faster
Index errors are not critical, they are used to access files faster, but deleted or
corruped indexes do not do any harm on the actual file content.
You can't do it online as far as I know, since the volume needs to be exclusively
locked to do such low-level operation.
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Normalization does not only mean IMail normalizes the words in the mail to be checked,
but also in your phrase list. If you have n.et in your phrase list, net is caught
as well. Learned that the hard way as well. It would be better if you could set it to
normalize the words in the eMail only,
8.11 adds this feature.
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Eric Geater 5/3/04
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. Mai 2004 21:24
An: Imail Forum
Betreff: [IMail Forum] Anti-Spam Phrase Filtering by Subject
.is it possible? I notice that the
Uh, actually 8.1 added it already.
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. Mai 2004 12:51
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: AW: [IMail Forum] Anti-Spam Phrase Filtering by Subject
8.11 adds this feature
Uh, I have a Win2003 DNS server running
here, and my IMail does not produce such delays. However, my IMail only is a
secondary DNS, the primary is a different computer (but also Win2003). Maybe it
only happens if IMail and DNS are on the same system and IMail actively queries
that same
Sometimes reading answers the most obvious question ;)...
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IMail Server 8.1 Hotfix 1 - April 5, 2004
[included in 8.1 Hotfix 2]
This hotfix fixes Queue Manager ERR 005 when delivering to multiple nested subfolders.
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^ see 2nd line
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It's often hard to imagine whether or not there might be valid mails from a domain or
not. I guess the domain was used for some spam mails at one time and so it got on the
list.
So the best would be (from all of you of this list) to contact IpSwitch when you find
domains that you know is sent
And who or what tells the program to what level you want it? I have a lot of domains
like adpics.something.net but i don't want to add something.net.
It would be a bit like Word: The program thinks it is smarter than me and everybody
hates those :)...
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While this is an important step to do if not already done it can also give you a false
feeling of protection. If some machine in your local network is already infected, this
won't bring you anything. And even a completely locked down network can be completely
wiped out by having only *one*
Or simply having a mis-configured mail server ;)...
If the one owning that server would step up we might be able to help him fixing this
problem! :)
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ISPHuset Nordic
Gesendet: Samstag, 1. Mai
Hi
there,
I have a strange
problem. I have a domain-wide rule that redirects mails if one of
theX-IMAIL phrases is found in the header. Now for one specific user it
does not work. He always reports of spam mails he gets, but when I manually
check those headers, I find the X-IMAIL phrases,
You can write every character of an URL as their ASCII code by putting %
in front of the code. %2E is for example a dot. Your mail client usually
converts it to the real URLs. Some spam mailers use these codes to hide the
actual URL from both client-side rules as well as spam
filters.
Yes, you can. In fact, I have running such a setup. Since you are using
aliases then to forward the messages, you would use outbound rules on IMail
(inbound rules only apply to real user accounts) doing the tidy-up job, like for
example moving detected spam mails to a specific mailbox (I
cters in the
phrase list have special meaning like they do in rules; the
phrase list is not a regular _expression_ parser.
Tripp
- Original M
Hi
there,
I really miss a list
of characters that are recognized as seperators between two words when using the
Phrase List feature of Content Filtering in IMail 8.0x (Maybe I am blind, but I
wasn't able to find one). I guess it is at least "space" and ".", but
what more? Is "/" also ok,
designed to translate between the products. You really have two
choices: (1) download MBXs via POP3 into username.PST files, and
Exmerge the PSTs into the IS; or (2) try to use the IMAP4-to-PST
Uh, why not download MBXs via POP3 directly into the Exchange mailbox?
That way you
Mmh, what DOS or Win16-bit-tasks have you running? If you have NTVDM.exe running, you
have either DOS- or Win16-bit-tasks running, which is something I would do only if
absolutely necessary on a mail server.
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Title: Message
A
lot of people I know prefer OO Defrag. Have you checked that one
out?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Jamie
PriceGesendet: Freitag, 16. April 2004 16:55An:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Betreff: [IMail Forum] Winternals
Defrag Manager
If I understand that correct, it is no forward to 8383, so it passes
everything through 80. So there should be no direct connection between
client and 8383, just between client and 80, and between 80 and 8383.
If by that you mean mod_rewrite, no. Mod_rewrite doesn not
proxy the request; the
Well, if you really don't need any extra web page running on the same system, I
strongly recommend you (and everybody else using this configuration) to change the
port to 80 instead of using a redirection page. There are two reasons:
1.) Yes, there are redirect and proxy scripts, but why need
Neither do I.
Running IMail since 2000.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Stib
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. April 2004 13:09
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: [IMail Forum] Service Survery
Never runned them
// Pelle running
Uh, Bounce message!? You should never bounce spam messages, you will only generate
even *more* traffic, plus the return addresses are seldom valid ones and even if they
are even more seldom the ones that sent you spam (so you turn into an active spammer).
I would reconsider this.
Have you ever lost an important customer email in your spam
filter ? I did.
And it's like all bad experience, you will never want that
experience again.
You might want to set up an extra mailbox that contains all spam. Check
it daily for false positives. We are forwarding all spam messages to a
I *am* checking the spam quarantine daily. Yes, it takes about 10 minutes per day with
our mail volume. However it is MUCH quicker than sorting them from *many* valid mails
in your inbox out. Plus a specified person (or team) can do it for everybody, so it is
saved on other users that are more
Title: Message
Only using IMail AV (Symantec) here, but using (active) client virus
software on every computer which also is activated for Outlook (and can't be
disabled by the standard user working here). Since you most likely have no
influence in what your customer has on their client
Just curious, why not using IMail for the outgoing SMTP as well?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von
Chase Seibert
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. April 2004 00:03
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: [IMail Forum] Good outgoing mail server
@Marc A. Funaro: Aren't you talking of XP or Windows Server 2003? As far as I know
there is no easy way to do defragmentation with the built-in defragger using
command-line and/or a task. defrag.exe (which simply provides a way to start
defragmentation via a command-line interface) does not
Well, so far I think its wise to wait a bit longer until the major problems are fixed.
If you update however (even when there is a better version out) its *very* important
to backup your IMail directory and the registry keys (at least
HKLM\Software\Ipswitch\IMail). (Better yet, make an image of
Hi there,
800? Uh... I seriously ask myself, why you don't have an automated software delivery
and installation method on a 800+ computer network!? How do you apply other critical
fixes? I would *highly* recommend you to start thinking of using central software
deployment, it will save you
Hi there,
I downgraded, however I made preparations for this event: I backupped the complete
IMail folder before the installation. For restoring the backup I kept however the
\Spool directory. (If you have default directories for your subdomains you may need to
keep \users and \lists etc. as
Mmh, good point. In my case I have only SMTP, SysLog and Queue Manager activated, and
with those three I did not have problems with that (the new entries could start the
old exe's just fine). Can't tell for the rest of course, stuff like the LDAP service
might of course make problems.
Anyone tested the
Hotfix already?
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/imail/releases/imail_professional/im810hf1.html
Fixes Queue Manager
ERR 005 when delivering to multiple nested subfolders
I have experienced the same problem, although I have not yet checked to restart the
SMTP service after the Queue Manager service, just restarted the Queue Manager couple
of times and waited for the spool to get empty - which never happened. Downgraded to
8.05.
If you (=Ipswitch) can tell me
I can confirm this (routing from IMail (8.05HF2) aliases to an Exchange Server). Spam
features work as expected, however to take action on X-Headers you will need the
Outbound Rules instead of the Inbound Rules (which you would use for actual IMail
users only).
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Seems like you are reading it wrong, so let me make this clear: If you have 500 MB of
mail data, and now delete 50 MB, these 50 MB still stay on the hard disk, meaning 10%
is wasted. If you then for example have set the registry key to 20(%), then it would
start tidying up (i.e. really deleting
Sounds good, hopefully it will be out soon :)... Any word on a release date?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Peter With
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. März 2004 18:38
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: RE: [IMail Forum] Next point release
Hi
all,
just wanted to let
you know that I released a new version of the free IMail add-in of
AdvancedSpamCheck. Here are the news:
- Added "white
words" functionality.- Can now chain another IMail spam-filter, like Declude
(needs to be setup manually however - see AdvancedSpamCheck.txt
Sorry for the problems, a small bug was causing this
:/
Anybody who downloaded Release 02 please download
Release 03 which has this fixed.
http://www.iff.uni-stuttgart.de/download/software/AdvancedSpamCheck.rar
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von
Oh and to get all the mails out that got in in the meantime, simply view
the queue from within IMail and select "Send All". Alternatively stop and
restart the Queue Manager and (to be sure) the SMTP service. You can do that
directly in IMail under Services, or under Windows' Service Manager.
not
entirely true that the phrase list doesn't check HTML emails.
What it does is strip out all the HTML tags before checking it
against the phrase list.
-Sean
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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:04 PM
Between the a part and the actual href= are line breaks, which IMail does not
handle. Thats one of the reasons why I made my own add-on tool (see my mails from
2004-03-22) to check specific things like this, that IMail does not find ;).
Same for upper case A HREF tags and the like, IMail just
Since there are a lot more places Windows autostarts programs from at startup, you
might want to check out the free Autoruns utility, which will list them all of them...
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml
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Uh right, just read that you were actually using the phrase list, which is only
looking through text mails, not HTML mails. The URL black list is the correct place
for this - which will actually work here, since there is at least one line, which has
a href=http://www.anty.info; in one line
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: AW: [IMail Forum] Phrase list blocking
Between the a part and the actual
Okay guys, here is the deal:
-
download it here http://www.iff.uni-stuttgart.de/download/software/AdvancedSpamCheck.rar
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unpack it into your IMail dir
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read the AdvancedSpamCheck.txt file on how to install it
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install it *only* on off-peak times and be sure to check mail delivery right
Hi
all,
just wanted to know
that i have written a little program to catch even more spam than IMail itself
can do with on-board stuff. The reason why I coded it is that we don't have the
budget to buy Declude (well, actally my boss isn't willed to pay anything more
for mail stuff), plus
03/17/2004 11:30:31 Q8b2a0020024010b8 Could not find report file
C:\IMail\spool\D8b2a0020024010b8.vir\report.txt.
Imail 8.5.2 - Declude v1.78i9 - fprot for dos - w2k
Just an idea: these are long file names (8+3). DOS cannot do long
filenames. So I doubt fprot for dos can!?
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Attachement: DELETED013.TXT
it looks like your NAVGW deleted the attachment.
That's one of the really sad things about some mailserver AV
programs --
they delete the virus and allow the E-mail to go through,
causing lots of
confusion (people wondering why the E-mail was not blocked as spam,
Is [AD integration] possible? If yes, does IMail have to be
installed on a Domain Controller?
Yes and yes.
Huh? Since when does it have to be a DC? Why can't it be a member server
anymore?
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Huh? Since when does it have to be a DC? Why can't it be a member
server anymore?
IMail's OS integration option works, as it has always worked, with the
local OS userbase. For AD integration, this means you must use a DC.
For local SAM integration, it doesn't matter what you use. Q.E.D.
Oh and by the way, is it possible to let IMail call an
external program
for each incoming mail to have it scan for spam? There must
be, since the
Declude tools are implemented that way...
Yes, but the tools have to be specifically designed for IMail.
If you want
to run a program that
Mmh, I understand. Is there some sort of SDK or documentation or
something like that available, that describes how a tool has to handle
things so that it works for IMail?
Yes -- http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-2517-DM01.htm
explains the
basics of how to do this. The information there is
2) False positive
If your Server is smart enough to know what is a FP, why it was hold as
spam?
Or in other words: The only way to identify FPs is to check
manualy your
hold messages, or at least log files.
Good point. :).
1) Number of messages filtering
3) Mail indentifiy as spam
4) Mail
Hi
there,
does anybody know if
it is possible with IMail rules, to search for return characters? Has anybody
tried it with \r\n or \n or something like that?
Reason: Lots of spam
mailers put a line break (return) between the "a" and the "href" parts of an
URL to trick out many antispam
Hi there,
yeah I know this spam mail. Unfortunately the AntiSpam features of IMail give you
nothing that can help you stop this message. (There are even worse problems with not
recognizing A HREF in upper case as links and so on)
The only certain way to stop this is to use an inbound rule
We are highly interested as well.
_
Heiko Herrmann
IT-Management
_
Institut für Industrielle Fertigung und Fabrikbetrieb
IFF - Universität Stuttgart
Nobelstr. 12
D-70569 Stuttgart
IMail AntiSpam seems to have a lot of bugs related to the DNS blacklist. The following
cases seem to be not categorized as spam even though the URL is in the url black list:
- if a href or img src is partially or fully in upper case (like A href or A
HREF)
- if the domain name does not end with
Hi
there,
I have a specific
spam message that gets through the AntiSpam filter daily. Its an HTML message
that looks like this:
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htmlbodypa href=""http://Heikowowtcuv">http://Heikowowtcuv wxcz lmwbmbihqc zycbw
t wvcuykvakjfdajeoj wfti yyjxbegvdsh fcivpjhu [EMAIL PROTECTED]"img
* the
[Deceptive URL] is what caught it.
djdf.biz did not filtering it out.
Hope this helps.
Mike Biddle
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From: Admin-ML
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 6:36 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Spam I am unable to filter out
Hi there,
I have
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