Hi, OK, now yer getting closer to where I need to be...
I'm an ISP, I can't afford to delete any legitimate email. I got the pro version because there is at least one user that wants to get everything. so....looks like my best option so far is Bounce... and I just need to know which testing methods to use that will begin to catch some of the same, but not delete any legitimate email. Thanks, Andy Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thumpernet.com 315-282-0020 Friday, December 21, 2001, 2:51:08 PM, you wrote: >> >then moved to DELETE after seeing almost no legitimate mail affected. >> >>Hi Roger. As an end user, I would insist of my ISP that any approach to >>spam filtering not delete ANY legitimate mail. >> >>I'd rather put of with spam than have my legitimate mail deleted. RSP> Just a couple points here: RSP> First, a lot of our customers are businesses (where the users are RSP> employees) and schools (where the users are students or employees), so it RSP> isn't necessarily up to the end user to decide what mail they get. RSP> Also, Declude JunkMail Pro is one of the very few anti-spam programs that RSP> let you change the settings for specific users. So even though most ISPs RSP> that block mail based on anti-spam tests can't do anything if you don't RSP> like it, it is possible with Declude. RSP> Another thing to consider is the BADHEADERS and MAILFROM tests, which catch RSP> a lot of spam, while not catching any legitimate mail (unless it was sent RSP> from a broken mail client, in which case the mail may not make it to you RSP> anyways, or has a bogus return address, which shouldn't happen on RSP> legitimate mail). RSP> My personal preference for ISPs is to use the WARN action (which puts a RSP> warning in the E-mail headers that the recipient can filter on), the RSP> SUBJECT action (which alters the subject to make it easy to determine which RSP> E-mails are considered spam), or the BOUNCE actions (which send a bounce RSP> message to the sender, so they know the mail wasn't delivered). RSP> -Scott RSP> --- RSP> Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for RSP> IMail. http://www.declude.com RSP> --- RSP> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] RSP> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html RSP> to be removed from this list. RSP> An Archive of this list is available at: RSP> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
