Tom, As luck would have it, my town just suffered a 7+ hour blackout. I have no clue as to what caused it, but it left 50,000 people without electricity and took out both of our facilities. Maybe I ticked off the wrong people! Anyway, the server is back up and running. Needless to say, I am going to be a bit behind on updates today!
William Van Hefner Network Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Pepper > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Ipswitch's URL Blacklist > > > I went to look, but keep getting a "page cannot be displayed" error. > > Tom > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Van Hefner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:19 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Ipswitch's URL Blacklist > > > | All, > | > | As long as we are on the subject of IMail's automated blacklist, I would > | like to make an announcement concerning this "little" project > that I have > | been working on for the past six months or so. For any of you who are > | looking for a reliable and ACCURATE list of domains to block, you might > want > | to consider using one I have compiled at > | http://www.vantekcommunications.com/spam . > | > | The file that you can download at that page is already in the > | url-domain-bl.txt format, ready to be directly imported into > IMail. I have > | just finished installing an automated script that allows me to instantly > | update this list in real-time, which you can be assured will be > updated on > | at least a daily basis. ALL "bad domains" are entered BY HAND, > by sifting > | through the HTML of spams MANUALLY. There should be no false > positives at > | all in this list (knock wood). I have ZERO tolerance for false > positives. > | All domains are listed in alphabetical order, for easy sorting. > | > | A methodology of how I choose domains to list is included on the above > page. > | I catch almost 100 spams a day with this list on one server > alone, and it > | only processes something like 1,500 messages per day, total. While this > | certainly isn't the "final solution" to end spam, it is a good > tool to add > | to your arsenal, and best of all it's FREE. Please feel free to > drop me a > | note if you have any questions or comments. I would appreciate any > feedback > | you may have. Thanks. > | > | > | William Van Hefner > | Network Administrator > | Vantek Communications, Inc. > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | > | > | > -----Original Message----- > | > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Riddle > | > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:23 PM > | > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > Subject: [IMail Forum] Ipswitch's URL Blacklist > | > > | > > | > I have complained in the past about how inaccruate Ipswitch's URL > | > Blacklist > | > is that they update every two weeks. > | > > | > Just doing some "housekeeping" this afternoon removing > domains that they > | > have on their current list that resulted in some false > positives today. > | > > | > How about the following: > | > > | > snopes.com > | > washingtontimes.com > | > > | > and... > | > > | > hotmail.com > | > > | > I don't see how those domains got on their "verified" URL > | > Blacklist if they > | > are "really" following their published policy of "...Ipswitch > | > collects spam > | > from a variety of sources including spam caught by our spam > traps, spam > | > forwarded by employees, partners and customers. The URLs are then > | > compiled > | > into a list which is verified for accuracy against the spam > | > received. Once > | > the verification is complete the URLs are added to the URL > Domain Black > | > List..." > | > > | > > | > 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/ > | > > > 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/
