RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Robert Grosshandler
I'm breaking down and getting Declude Pro. In my back of the napkin analysis of the spam that is weighted in the gray area (HOLD), but it is truly spam, some high percentage of it went straight for my backup MX. By adding a little bit of weight, I'm expecting that the total weight will be suffici

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Matthew Bramble
Rob, I have recently discovered that the pro version's filter capabilities are a very important tool for tagging spam that otherwise passes through. I would recommend the upgrade highly, though not specifically for this purpose. I've been able to add points to low scoring spam with a very hi

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
down". Andrew. -Original Message- From: Paul Navarre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam You could write a filter that searches the headers for your backup server's

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Robert Grosshandler
Yeah, but. Declude Standard - no filters. Otherwise, it would work. The idea is to add enough weight to bring it over the edge. A problem with the primary down test is that Declude is doing its scanning on the primary, and it would never be down when Declude was scanning! So, Declude would hav

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Matthew Bramble
I was just suggesting a method of doing what he wanted to try :) I'm not generally a big proponent of indiscriminately adding points to E-mail, and this one falls in the gray area. If your backup in located at the same site, I would imagine that very few E-mails will get tagged improperly (reb

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Paul Navarre
You could write a filter that searches the headers for your backup server's IP address. HEADERS 3 CONTAINS x.x.x.x Matt The problem with this is if your primary does go down (rebooting for a patch for example), these points will be added to *all* email until your

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Matthew Bramble
You could write a filter that searches the headers for your backup server's IP address. HEADERS   3   CONTAINS   x.x.x.x Matt Robert Grosshandler wrote: We do that already and it works fine. However, I know that there is a much higher probability that any mail that passes through the b

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Andy Schmidt
ster Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam Use the IPBYPASS %sec mx ip% feature within the GLOBAL.CFG file. It will skip the ip address of your secondary mx record and run the check on the ip address of the originati

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Robert Grosshandler
We do that already and it works fine. However, I know that there is a much higher probability that any mail that passes through the backup MX is spam, so I want to add additional weight just because it comes through the backup MX. Rob Jeff wrote: >Use the IPBYPASS %sec mx ip% feature within the

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Backup MX / Spam

2003-10-02 Thread Jeff Maze - Hostmaster
Use the IPBYPASS %sec mx ip% feature within the GLOBAL.CFG file. It will skip the ip address of your secondary mx record and run the check on the ip address of the originating server. IPBYPASSxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On