Earlier, there was a request to hear from IMGate admins. I use it and love it. For me, the biggest block is Sender Address Verification. If someone sends an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if the sender's email address doesn't exist, what good is it? For the post office analogy, it's a fake return address.
How do I control false positives? My volume is low enought that I can review my logs and errors. On some checks, I HOLD the email and report a reject. Most of what gets held are executable attachments- suspect viruses. Early on, I had problems rejecting email from some mailing lists. Adjusted my configuration to fix it. Same with some auto-responses from eBay. My last FP- a Credit Union was sending email from a server which had no DNS pointer. Whitelisted that server. If I can rule out an error in my IMGate configuration, I'll email the administrator to inform them of their problem. Sometimes it is like a religious war. You have to evaluate your options and the tools available and make choices. I'm happy with my choice. Gerry Massat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Newland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Anyone have any experiences with Postini ? > Actually, your Postal mail theory isn't valid. Try getting a mailing > machine. Your system is assigned a zip code (the one you mail from). That > is printed on your envelopes with the postage. Now try going to another > state and dropping that mail in a mail box. I can guarantee you that the > post office is going to be all over you in a second. e-mail is really no > different, try sending using a forged/invalid helo, and you are denied > immediately. Fix YOUR problem (obviously a problem) and there is no trouble > sending and e-mail. > > > Jason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Lewis-Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:06 AM > 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? >>>Not concerned about FPS? How do IMGate admins know they've got an FP >>>problem or their customers know that email from legitimate sources is >>>being blocked? If FP's aren't a concern for IMGate then they should be >>>otherwise faith in the email will plummet to a point where it's hardly >>>worth using as a serious business tool. 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/
