I'm going to third (or fourth) everyone's comments related to Declude, the company, their people (David Barker in particular) and the product.
We're running Imail v8.22 (tried 2006 but failed miserably), Declude with invURIBL and Commtouch. We tried Sniffer but it added so much overhead to the system that we had to remove it. Commtouch really was the biggest improvement for us when we added it to the Declude/invURIBL configuration we were running previously. So, our experience was Commtouch was much less of an impact on our server than Sniffer. We have about 3500 mailboxes with 350+ domains and our spam is down to probably 2-3% sneaking through and it's usually the ones that are new and only come in once until their signature is broken and gets included in the various test sources. It's going to be a constant battle where the vendors are always behind the spammers but it seems like the vendors are closing the gap between introduction of new spamming techniques and how fast they get the solutions into the field. Glenn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Richards Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:47 AM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] frustration We are running Declude, invURIBL, and Sniffer. We are not using Commtouch. For those of you running the first three, how much impact did you see by adding Commtouch? Our management is very happy with the current set up, esp. compared to what we used to have. However, I do spend a few hours per week tweaking settings to achieve that. Uwe, I second (or third) the others that Declude (a fantastic product) on it's own won't get you want you want/need. As I mentioned, we are not running Commtouch, but I noticed an improvement when I added invURIBL, and another when I added Sniffer. Todd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Bilbee Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:31 AM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] frustration We are on SmarterMail 3.x and run invURIBL and Commtouch ZEROHOUR. We do not run sniffer. We get very few smaps to the user boxes. Most users get none and the heavier email user get 1-3 a day. We delete about 85% of incoming spam the other 14% get held for review and less than one half of one percent gets through to mailboxes. Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Uwe Degenhardt > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:46 PM > To: Craig Edmonds (123marbella.com) > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] frustration > > Hi Craig and everybody who answered my contribution. > It was more a sign of my deep desperation I sometimes feel. > But I get new hope now. Obviously with Declude alone (We run > Smartermail 3.x) we can't catch them all. > I will try Sniffer, invURIBL and Commtouch. > I hope they all run with SM. > Thanks everybody. > Uwe > > > > Same Here. > > > Subscribe to the following plugins in addition to > Declude...(unfortunately > > on its own its not enough unless you sit tweaking it all day > everyday) > > > Sniffer from Armresearch > > invURIBL from invariant systems > > ZEROHOUR from Commtouch > > > With that combo you cant go wrong. > > > Kindest Regards > > Craig Edmonds > > 123 Marbella Internet > > W: www.123marbella.net > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Darin > > Cox > > Sent: 18 July 2007 23:57 > > To: declude.junkmail@declude.com > > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] frustration > > > We're running pretty well... catching somewhere between 99.7% and > 99.9% of > > incoming spam. Declude 2.0.6 (waiting on Imail 2006 to stabilize > before > > upgrading to the latest version) on IMail 8.22, along with Sniffer > and > > invURIBL. > > > Darin. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Uwe Degenhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <declude.junkmail@declude.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:33 PM > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] frustration > > > > Hi everybody on the list, please excuse me, but I would like to > > share my frustration with you. I am poured with SPAM the last > > two-to-three weeks. It gets worse every day. Am I the only one who > > is seeing this ? > > I am in a good contact with David > > of Declude. He is doing a fantastic > > job, but sometimes I loose my faith > > and my trust, that we can win the SPAM-fight. > > It appeals to me, as it is like the old > > principle: If you put water on the fire at one place, you have to > > run to the next place to delete it there too. And the SPAMMERs will > > get cleverer everyday. > > What do you guys think ? > > Are you frustrated as well ? > > > Uwe > > > > > > --- > > 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. > > > > > --- > > 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". 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