Thanks! -Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:26:59 -0500
> >>I understand - I think - about IPBYPASS but HOPHIGH is another story.. > >HOPHIGH, if used, will cause Declude JunkMail to scan extra hops. > >For example, if I was to set up our mailserver to send this E-mail through >our ISP's mailserver, Declude JunkMail would normally just scan the IP of >our ISP's mailserver. But with "HOPHIGH 1", the IPs of both the ISP's >mailserver and ours would be scanned. > >This is useful to catch spam that is forwarded from an account on another >server to an account on yours. It was also useful in the old days before >open proxies, where a spammer might find an IP that wasn't listed in any >spam databases, and he would relay through it -- but the IP the spammer was >sending to the open relay from was listed in spam databases. > >>I am interested because often times mail is forwarded to my server and as >>such some tests are not as effective. As an example <sombody>@example.com >>send an email to a server that in turn forwards the email to one of my >>users. Spamdomains fails because the connecting server to me was not >>example.com but foo.com Would hophigh help me out with this - see who >>originally sent the email? > >Yes, it would. > >>What is the downside to HOPHIGH=1 other than more dns work and if that is >>the case is it negligible? What is its real purpose? > >It does involve extra DNS usage, and delays the E-mail from being delivered >for slightly longer in waiting for the results. But that is about it. > > -Scott >--- >Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. >Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver >vulnerability detection. >Find out what you've been missing: Ask about our free 30-day evaluation. > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
