I used to use IMGate but switched to SpamAssassin when our support calls went through the roof and I started having to make tons of exceptions to the rules for specific customers. Now, I simple tag the subject line of their messages so they can decide how they want to filter. They tell me that they receive almost no false positives. I'm very happy with the combination of SpamAssassin and Deculde for my antivirus needs. Check it out.
Evans Martin http://www.martek.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bruner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Anyone have any experiences with Postini ? > >Mail admins should/must take on the resposibility of handling other > >email in the same way the postoffice are obliged to deliver smail mail > >even if they know it just a pile of junk mail. In most countries unless > >it actually endangers property or life then the post office is obliged > >by law to deliver all mail regardless of content or where it comes from. > >Are we so different? > > Very well said. A very valid point. > How many snail mail recipients do you know that are at the post office every > morning demanding to see the postmaster? Telling them that they are getting > to much spam/junk snail mail. What would they say if it was being filtered > reguardless of content or weighting if FP's were not being delivered? > Especially if your mortgage company forclosed on your home because some > snail mail admin. blocked your mortgage bill and then said sorry you signed > an option to opt in or out....whoops..to bad so sad..:) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David > Lewis-Waller > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Anyone have any experiences with Postini ? > > > >Is that fact that if an IMGate machine uses the ORDB test to block mail > (or RFC Ignorant, etc), 1 test, not a weight, it isn't a false positive. > The sender is actually in ORDB (whether they know it or not, and whether > the e-mail attempted to be sent was legit or not). In my eyes that is > not a false positive. Sure they may be upset that their e-mail didn't > get delivered, but they should direct that anger at the sending mail > servers admin for not knowing what they are doing (most cases). > > It is a false postive if the recipient expects to be able to receive > mail from the sender. It means that a test is being employed that is not > trust worthy. You're looking at it from the admin point of view (that's > not a criticism) and not from the recipients point of view. > > Mail admins should/must take on the resposibility of handling other > email in the same way the postoffice are obliged to deliver smail mail > even if they know it just a pile of junk mail. In most countries unless > it actually endangers property or life then the post office is obliged > by law to deliver all mail regardless of content or where it comes from. > Are we so different? > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
