Len,
I am in the process of setting up a OpenBSD box for use as a firewall and
filtration device. Does IMGATE run on OpenBSD 2.7? I'd like to set it up as
a mail gateway for spam if it's possible. My initial hardware setup is going
to be PII 266,128MB,4.3 gig IDE,and 2 3COM NICs all on an Asus board capable
of more RAM and Mhz. Does this work?
Thanks,
Jonathan
----- Original Message -----
From: Len Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 10:04 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Stopping spam
>
> >I am using the KB . Article #IM-19990805-DM02
> >
> >Not enough to stop mailers !!
> >Is one receipt per mail. SO...need other solution!
>
> Andres,
>
> Read this week's news to see their ain't no "solution" to all of it, nor
> even to most of it:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11416.html
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2086887.html?tag=st.ne.ron.lthd.ni
>
> ... but you can take a pretty good, cost-free stab at spam with
> http://IMGate.MEIway.com and it's a lot more fun and more satisfying than
> doing nothing.
>
> IMGate will give you MAPS anti-spam and DNS validations, plus global
header
> filtering, and a whole bunch of secondary advantages, none having anything
> to do with spam, that too numerous to list here.
>
> IMGate can even be set up so aggressively that it will catch TOO MUCH
valid
> mail because so many non-spamming mail servers are running open relays,
and
> so many mail servers and sender@senderdomain are set up so badly in DNS,
no
> reverse delegation, messed up HELO/EHLO hostname, etc, etc. But a couple
> of sizeable ISPs report that IMGate rejects about 5% of all their mail due
> to just MAPS lookups.
>
> Plus, it looks like the aces on the postfix users list are getting close
to
> putting together content-filtering for postfix so IMGate will be able to
> catch viruses, too, by spending only $99 for the unlimited AV scanner
> engine from www.KasperksyLab.ru vs. the $1000's you can spend for AV
> software, every year, with the big name-brands.
>
> btw, I have a quote from the French importer of TrendMicro of $25,000 for
> the unlimited ISP version of their software, plus $10,000/year in
> maintenenance. Where's my checkbook?
>
> Len
>
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