My Imail server is behind 3 Windows 2003 servers running IIS SMTP virtual server which are acting as a gateway. They all have ORF installed and ORF is blocking about 75% of the spam and viruses coming in purely by simple rules and policies.
John T > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chuck Schick > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:27 PM > To: Declude. JunkMail > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Spam gateway/proxy... > > Anyone using a spam gateway (Like IMGATE) or proxy (like ASSP) in front > of > declude. > > I am intrigued by the idea of using something that will reject the > messages > before accepting it for delivery and then scanning it. I would only > want to > use the gateway/proxy to perform graylisting, Sender Validation, tar > pitting. According to Len Conrad this could result in a 70 to 90 > percent > reduction in spam. > > Ultimately I would like our spam filtering to be where we reject the > message > before the data command and messages that we do accept for delivery we > scan > with declude and if it is identified as spam it will be delivered to a > junkmail folder in the users mailbox - which they can check via webmail > or > configure their mail clients to download it. I want to get out of the > business of holding or deleting spam. > > Any thoughts, comments, ...? what have others done. > > Chuck Schick > Warp 8, Inc. > (303)-421-5140 > www.warp8.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 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.
