Re: [Assp-user] Redlist --> Confusion Gone... I think

2006-08-02 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
>Of course since it doesn't function like that, to get the same >affect, change the default saving location of Bayesian non-spam to 4; >by changing it to 4, incoming non-spam email won't get saved to the >notspam directory and manually whitelist all senders of list emails >or legitimate spam. Net

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy schreibt: >Prevent additions to the corpus. > >So for instance if i was sent an email from someone on the redlist >ASSP would process the message but not add the processed message to >the spam corpus (if it was determined to be spam). >

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist --> Confusion Gone... I think

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
It would be nice if the redlist functioned in the way I described it functioning in my post earlier today (I have pasted the redlist portion of the post below).  Of course since it doesn't function like that, to get the same affect, change the default saving location of Bayesian non-spam to 4;

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Fritz Borgstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy > schreibt: > >Though it is sad, i would have liked it to do what we thought it did. > >(did that make sense?) > > > What do you think, the redlist/redre should do? > Prevent addit

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
geniusfreak wrote: > Though it is sad, i would have liked it to do what we thought it did. > (did that make sense?) > It did - and I agree, if only to make myself feel right - J/K. I think it would be a great feature. -

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
geniusfreak wrote: I think we have a new feature request... :) I think I'm gonna go stick my head in the sand!  (Sorry for the wild-goose chase.)  But if anything good can come of this, I can only hope.  I have to agree, I cant think of a good reason why Redlisted email should go into t

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy schreibt: >Though it is sad, i would have liked it to do what we thought it did. >(did that make sense?) What do you think, the redlist/redre should do? - Take S

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy schreibt: > >The redlist is for addresses you always want to be processed no >matter what? >Redlisted email DO contribture to the spam folder? I will repeat it again: the redlist/redre will prevent unwanted additions to the whitelist -

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Everyone - I'm really sorry about this. > Humans make mistakes. It happens. No worries! Though it is sad, i would have liked it to do what we thought it did. (did that make sense?) Kevin -

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If thats true then I am operating on some outdated knowledge in regards to > the Redlist or more likely I am confusing the Redlist functionality with > another product. I apologize for the confusion. > I think we have a new feature req

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I realize that now.  I was confusing products. Everyone - I'm really sorry about this. Fritz Borgstedt wrote: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy schreibt: Its because of the TestRE match. Disable the TestRE and try again. Wrong. The Testre

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy schreibt: >Its because of the TestRE match. Disable the TestRE and try again. Wrong. The Testre does nothing. Micheal, you are completely wrong regarding redlist. -

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
If thats true then I am operating on some outdated knowledge in regards to the Redlist or more likely I am confusing the Redlist functionality with another product.  I apologize for the confusion. Crap.  I need to perform my own tests and figure out how I got my wires crossed on this one. Fri

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Fritz Borgstedt
Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy schreibt: >Something is wrong then. Check your logs, turn on debug, and verify >what is happening during your test. Micheal, I really do not know, what you are talking. The Redlist/Redre conrols unwanted additions to the whitelist - *

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Its because of the TestRE match.  Disable the TestRE and try again. geniusfreak wrote: On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What in this log should be Redlisted? The remote email address. [EMAIL PROTECTED] According to what i understand of the Re

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What in this log should be Redlisted? > The remote email address. [EMAIL PROTECTED] According to what i understand of the RedList the email should have been flagged by the bayesian but not added to the spam folder like it was. Kevin

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
What in this log should be Redlisted?  geniusfreak wrote: On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Something is wrong then. Check your logs, turn on debug, and verify what is happening during your test. I have 2 debug logs that I was able to capture

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something is wrong then. Check your logs, turn on debug, and verify what > is happening during your test. > I have 2 debug logs that I was able to capture during the middle of the night. However nothing stood out to me as to why. As

Re: [Assp-user] Still confused!

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Travis Forghani wrote: I'm probably confused but here is how I see the redlist at the moment. The redlist is a mechanism, like the notation of the ASSP interface states, to prevent users who have auto-respond on from contributing to the whitelist (since anyone a local user sends a

Re: [Assp-user] Still confused!

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I haven't had a chance to review it for technical details yet.  Perhaps I can start tonight. Travis Forghani wrote: So is what I said in the post I made this morning and that you are planning to add to the wiki correct (the post with content to give to users on how to report to ASSP)? si

Re: [Assp-user] Still confused!

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
So is what I said in the post I made this morning and that you are planning to add to the wiki correct (the post with content to give to users on how to report to ASSP)? sincerely, Travis Forghani IT Administrator Bowman Enterprises, Inc. Cell: 919-795-9298 Office: 919-894-3662, Ext. 34 [EMA

Re: [Assp-user] Still confused!

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: I would not consider or document the use of the Redlist in terms of auto-responders only, as it has many other practical applications.  Auto-responders and out-of-office responses should be part of a list of recommended uses. To add to this, remember that the Re

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Something is wrong then.  Check your logs, turn on debug, and verify what is happening during your test. geniusfreak wrote: On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: *Redlisted mail does not enter the corpus*. That's it - period. Actually i found after

[Assp-user] Still confused!

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
I'm probably confused but here is how I see the redlist at the moment. The redlist is a mechanism, like the notation of the ASSP interface states, to prevent users who have auto-respond on from contributing to the whitelist (since anyone a local user sends an email to is added to the whitel

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I redRe "Fw: Fw:", amongst many many other things.  When I finish the 'BombRe and ScriptRe' Wiki entry, I'll do the RedRe next and make available some recommendations. Roger Stevenson wrote: I'm less concerned over the silly newsletters than the FW: FW: FW mail.  And people wonder why

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I *don't* allow my users to submit. I NP list newsletters where appropriate. Adam Campbell wrote: I hope I'm not changing the topic too much.   How do yall maintain control over what gets submitted as spam/notspam?  Do you instruct your users and leave it to them to submit, or do

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Dickson, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I believe there is a regex tutorial on Fritz's site. Very easy to > understand. > We have a wiki for that now. (that also has that tutorial on it) http://www.pointdee.co.uk/assp-wiki/index.php?title=Category:Regular_Expressions Kevin

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Dickson, Paul
I believe there is a regex tutorial on Fritz’s site.  Very easy to understand.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Stevenson Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:44 PM To: 'Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy' Subject: Re:

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Roger Stevenson
I'm less concerned over the silly newsletters than the FW: FW: FW mail.  And people wonder why they get spam and viruses.   Maybe we can get one of these perl proficient folks to write a rule that rejects email with too many addresses in the message body.   Roger Stevenson NEA Clinic

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread geniusfreak
On 8/2/06, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *Redlisted mail does not enter the corpus*. That's it - period. Actually i found after testing it, that it did. I redlisted an external email address. (and confirmed it) Then i sent from that email address to myself. The email was ta

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Dickson, Paul
I have 3000 users and leave it to them, but monitor the submissions now and then.  Also the submission autoreply/notification tells them explicitly what they have done, and what to do to correct it if they submitted it to the wrong place.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Adam Campbell
I hope I'm not changing the topic too much.   How do yall maintain control over what gets submitted as spam/notspam?  Do you instruct your users and leave it to them to submit, or do you use the cc spam and submit?   As the email admin for my company (~130 mailboxes) , I feel I should contro

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
?  Whitelisted email goes into the notspam directory - by default. Whitelisted and Bayesian OK are not the same thing. Travis Forghani wrote: How would whitelisting add to the corpus when incoming whitelisted mail doesn't go into the notspam directory (by default)? sincerely, Travis

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
How would whitelisting add to the corpus when incoming whitelisted mail doesn't go into the notspam directory (by default)? sincerely, Travis Forghani IT Administrator Bowman Enterprises, Inc. Cell: 919-795-9298 Office: 919-894-3662, Ext. 34 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is intended only f

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Ahh, sorry.  :-) Personally, I think a list of users who dont would be easier to maintain than a list of users that do.  But that just reflects my personal experiences with ASSP. Dickson, Paul wrote: No you got it right.  I was just saying I don’t care if it is a list of

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
*Redlisted mail does not enter the corpus*.  That's it - period.  I didn't respond to what Luke wrote - I responded to your statements about "message ok" and logging destinations. Redlisted email is still subject to additional processing, such as Bayesian calculations, RE matching, etc.  It ju

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Dickson, Paul
No you got it right.  I was just saying I don’t care if it is a list of users who want them, or users who don’t.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:14 PM To: Questions and Answers for users of AS

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
??   I was being serious  ;-P   I mean, I think it would be a good idea to be able to have a list (similar to noProcessing) or email addresses to never send reports to. Or did I misinterpret your question? Dickson, Paul wrote: Which ever:) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
I am completely confused now.  The Show Redlist/Whitelist interface states the following: "The redlist is not a blacklist. The redlist is a list of addresses that cannot contribute to the whitelist, and who are not considered local, even if their mail is from a local computer. For example, if

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Dickson, Paul
Which ever:) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:02 PM To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Subject: Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion. Dic

Re: [Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Dickson, Paul wrote: > If I turn on "Spam/Ham Report & Whitelist Add/Remove" after the fact, > will the next rebuildspamdb make the adjustments, or will it only take > effect for the new submissions? > > Only new submissions. > Suggestion: > > I find some users hate to see the spam submission

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I think you are confusing notspamlog (whitelisted) with baysNonSpamLog (Bayesian message ok).   Redlisted mail *wont* go into the corpus no matter what baysNonSpamLog (message ok) option is. baysNonSpamLog coincides with incomingOkMail, which by default is blank/disabled (does not get saved).

[Assp-user] [Fwd: Re: Redlist]

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
--- Begin Message --- I believe the redlist was basically for use to redlist a local sender on vacation with an autoresponse onto keep from whitelisting spam that may enter his mail box and yet have the protection of mail filtering. Hence thats why redlist contributes to the spam/notspam fo

[Assp-user] mail interface question and suggestion.

2006-08-02 Thread Dickson, Paul
If I turn on "Spam/Ham Report & Whitelist Add/Remove" after the fact, will the next rebuildspamdb make the adjustments, or will it only take effect for the new submissions? Suggestion: I find some users hate to see the spam submission reports, while others really want it to know their mail has b

Re: [Assp-user] Redlist

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
We don't want Redlisted senders to contribute to the spamdb.  The defualt setting for mailok is 4.  Since we redlist a sender it won't be classified as spam and since the mailok option is 4, it won't be put in the notspam directory.  I don't see why someone would change the default as that crea

[Assp-user] TestRe placement in the GUI

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I was wondering if it made more sense to put the TestRe into the Test Mode section of the GUI ? - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share yo

Re: [Assp-user] This will go into the Quick Start Guide

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Awesome!  Thank you Travis!  If no one objects, I'll compare this to might notes to see if anything is missing (on either side) and add it to the Wiki. If anyone has alternative verbiage (dumbed-down for less-technical users), please - speak up! This probably wont get posted for a day or two.

Re: [Assp-user] ClamAV

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I'm not certain if you are adding more detail to the conversation, or if you are confused about what I was referring to, so I'll add this: I didn't say it didn't.  I was referring to ASSP.  ClamSMTP is an external application to ASSP. Charles Marcus wrote: Micheal Espinola Jr wrote:

Re: [Assp-user] Whitelist

2006-08-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Only if SPFWL (in the SPF options) is enabled. Travis Forghani wrote: > A whitelisted sender is checked by SPF, etc before being allowed in, > right? I figure that a whitelisted sender is not scrutinized by the > Bayesian filter, right? > > -

[Assp-user] This will go into the Quick Start Guide

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
I've pasted below what I believe should be given to users once ASSP is brought on live initially.  It is not accurate in detail because its purpose is to be given to users and not tech personal. Reporting to ASSP (Anitspam SMTP Proxy) Whitelist/NotWhiteList: A white list is a list of senders t

Re: [Assp-user] ClamAV

2006-08-02 Thread Charles Marcus
Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > Yes. Its true you can follow those additional steps to extract the > files required, but the definitions are *not* up to date. I cant recall > the exact details, but it should be in the list or forum archives. But ClamSMTP WILL work with up to date definitions...

[Assp-user] Whitelist

2006-08-02 Thread Travis Forghani
A whitelisted sender is checked by SPF, etc before being allowed in, right? I figure that a whitelisted sender is not scrutinized by the Bayesian filter, right? -- sincerely, Travis Forghani IT Administrator Bowman Enterprises, Inc. Cell: 919-795-9298 Office: 919-894-3662, Ext. 34 [EMAIL PR