Thanks, William! Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Van Hefner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Ipswitch's URL Blacklist
| 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/ | 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/
