[sniffer] False Positives

2007-10-08 Thread James Walker
Hiya Is there any way of getting false positives to you other than emailing them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? My dilemma is that I'm using the same SMTP server for sending email out as getting email in - so outgoing email is getting spam checked using Message Sniffer - This means my False Positiv

[sniffer] False Positive - how to react?

2007-09-26 Thread Stefan Paege
For the first (known) time I see Message Sniffer filter a valid mail. The mail is from my Dell salesperson containing a quote. This is from the IMail log: 20070926 091209 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (064801a658d9) [143.166.85.206] EHLO ausc60pc101.us.dell.com 20070926 091210 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0

Re[4]: [sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Pete McNeil
ing to investigate further and apply white DC> rules. The others were normal FP reports. DC> Thanks, DC> Darin. DC> - Original Message - DC> From: "Pete McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DC> To: "Darin Cox" DC> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Darin Cox
; To: "Darin Cox" Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:52 AM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive processing On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 11:37:30 AM, Darin wrote: DC> Nope. None of them. DC> I haven't heard back from the replies to a couple of false positives on the DC>

Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 11:37:30 AM, Darin wrote: DC> Nope. None of them. DC> I haven't heard back from the replies to a couple of false positives on the DC> 10th, and we haven't heard anything from our submissions on the 16th (6) and DC> 17th (2). I don't remember if we've heard anything f

Re: [sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Darin Cox
--- Original Message - From: "Pete McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darin Cox" Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [sniffer] False positive processing On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 9:38:46 AM, Darin wrote: DC> DC> DC> Hi Pete, DC> DC> DC> DC&g

Re: [sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 9:38:46 AM, Darin wrote: DC> DC> DC> Hi Pete, DC> DC>   DC> DC> Are you getting behind on false positive processing?  We have DC> gotten a response in a few days, and are still forwarding false DC> positives for an FP report that we asked for a while rule on

[sniffer] False positive processing

2006-03-21 Thread Darin Cox
Hi Pete,   Are you getting behind on false positive processing?  We have gotten a response in a few days, and are still forwarding false positives for an FP report that we asked for a while rule on the 10th.   Appreciate you looking into it. Darin.    

[sniffer] False positive processing

2006-02-24 Thread Darin Cox
Pete,   Thanks for the quicker turnaround in the last few days for false positive processing.  We're seeing about half day now.   Much appreciated! Darin.    

Re: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-23 Thread Pete McNeil
On Thursday, February 23, 2006, 5:48:55 AM, Kevin wrote: KR> So when I asked how I would send in false positives, someone mentioned KR> that I should look up the appropriate log entry and send that in. That KR> brings up another question. My log file is 270MB and climbing. I've KR> never opened

RE: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-23 Thread John Carter
, 2006 4:49 AM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: [sniffer] False Positives So when I asked how I would send in false positives, someone mentioned that I should look up the appropriate log entry and send that in. That brings up another question. My log file is 270MB and climbing. I've never o

[sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-23 Thread Kevin Rogers
So when I asked how I would send in false positives, someone mentioned that I should look up the appropriate log entry and send that in. That brings up another question. My log file is 270MB and climbing. I've never opened it cause it's too big. Do you have a reader for your log files? I

Re[4]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 11:16:43 AM, Andy wrote: AS> The only other suggestion I have is to create a 24 hour 'queue' display on AS> the web site. All you need to show is a column of the sender domain names of AS> the email (not the entire sender email address). If I submit a false AS> po

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Darin Cox
. Darin. - Original Message - From: "Andy Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:16 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? Hi Pete, I agree that the email notification is tricky - because you might respond to spa

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Scott Fisher
I like this idea more than the email notification. I really don't need more emails. - Original Message - From: "Andy Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? Hi Pe

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Andy Schmidt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:04 AM To: Andy Schmidt Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:16:11 AM, Andy wrote: AS> Sorry - didn't mean t

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 10:16:11 AM, Andy wrote: AS> Sorry - didn't mean to be "pushy". I just thought that false positives are AS> worse than missed spam, so I had assumed that they would always be at the AS> top of the queue. It is a very tough balancing act. Don't feel bad at all - you'

RE: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Andy Schmidt
Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 09:55 AM To: Andy Schmidt Subject: Re: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? I'm a little behind. I'm going to do false positiv

Re: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Pete McNeil
I'm a little behind. I'm going to do false positives in the next 10 minutes. I only have 20 to do it should go fast. Sorry for the delay. Thanks, _M On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 9:40:07 AM, Andy wrote: AS> Hi, AS> I filed this false positive report a day ago and never heard back. AS> Just t

Re: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Darin Cox
On average it takes 2 or three days to hear back on false positives. Darin. - Original Message - From: "Andy Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:40 AM Subject: [sniffer] False Positive - no reaction? Hi, I filed this false positive

[sniffer] False Positive - no reaction?

2006-02-21 Thread Andy Schmidt
Hi, I filed this false positive report a day ago and never heard back. Just trying to see if my emails are blocked again. Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax:+1 201 934-9206 -Original Message- From: Andy Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 4:48:43 PM, Computer wrote: CHS> I second the motion. We have been submitting spam for over a year and I CHS> don't know if a single one was received. In general, if you've not received an error during delivery, we most certainly got your message... it may have e

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
J> Information Systems JMJ> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JMJ> JMJ> -Original Message- JMJ> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JMJ> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JMJ> On Behalf Of Pete McNeil JMJ> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:28 PM JMJ> To: Kevin Rogers JMJ> Subject: Re: [sniffe

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 4:32:14 PM, Robert wrote: RG> The X-SNF header. Sounds like a good idea. Is there a cheat sheet someplace RG> for making that happen, if possible, in a Declude / Imail environment? RG> Thanks ahead of time, In the distribution the option is described in the .cfg

Re: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Computer House Support
TECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: RE: [sniffer] False Positives Pete, Is there anyway to get an automatic response similar to the one listed below for the FP address, but for submissions to your spam@ address? It would be nice to get some feedback when submitting

RE: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Jim Matuska Jr.
PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:28 PM To: Kevin Rogers Subject: Re: [sniffer] False Positives On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 3:54:50 PM, Kevin wrote: KR> My users have been gett

RE: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Robert Grosshandler
The X-SNF header. Sounds like a good idea. Is there a cheat sheet someplace for making that happen, if possible, in a Declude / Imail environment? Thanks ahead of time, Rob --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For inf

Re: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 3:54:50 PM, Kevin wrote: KR> My users have been getting a lot of FPs by Sniffer lately. They send me KR> the email with the FULL HEADERS displayed and I forward this email on to KR> SortMonster. The program they use to analyze incoming submissions check KR> MY em

RE: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Jay Sudowski - Handy Networks LLC
Search your sniffer logs and include the log lines for that particular message. -Jay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rogers Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:55 PM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: [sniffer] False Positives

[sniffer] False Positives

2006-02-15 Thread Kevin Rogers
My users have been getting a lot of FPs by Sniffer lately. They send me the email with the FULL HEADERS displayed and I forward this email on to SortMonster. The program they use to analyze incoming submissions check MY email headers, determine that SNIFFER was not at fault and sends me back

Re: [sniffer] False Positive

2006-02-15 Thread Pete McNeil
Answered off-list _M On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 2:07:48 PM, Steve wrote: SG> Hello, SG> Could you please tell me what would cause an email to fail rule # 831417 SG> This was a good email flagged this morning and deleted. SG> Regards, SG> Steve Guluk SG> SGDesign SG> (949) 661-9333 SG> ICQ

[sniffer] False Positive - RESEND

2006-02-15 Thread Steve Guluk
Hello, Could you please tell me what would cause an email to fail rule # 831417 This was a good email flagged this morning and deleted. Regards, Steve Guluk SGDesign (949) 661-9333 ICQ: 7230769 This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription

[sniffer] False Positive

2006-02-14 Thread Steve Guluk
Hello, Could you please tell me what would cause an email to fail rule # 831417 This was a good email flagged this morning and deleted. Regards, Steve Guluk SGDesign (949) 661-9333 ICQ: 7230769 This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription

Re[4]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 2:14:34 PM, Darin wrote: DC> Are you just blanket responding to every message to the list with this? If DC> so, you might be wasting your time. I've been following the list, so I know DC> things are back to normal after yesterday's snafu. Sorry about that... It w

Re: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Darin Cox
TECTED]> To: "Darin Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:40 PM Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:54:49 AM, Darin wrote: DC> Agreed. We counted 100 false positives yesterday,

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:54:49 AM, Darin wrote: DC> Agreed. We counted 100 false positives yesterday, compared to our normal DC> rate of less than 5. DC> No false positives since 6pm ET yesterday, though. Thank goodness. Please visit: http://www.mail-archive.com/sniffer@sortmonster.c

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:42:22 AM, Frederick wrote: FS> Same with me. Last night there was a rules update and it fixed the problem. FS> Check the date of your rules update. Please visit http://www.mail-archive.com/sniffer@sortmonster.com/msg02346.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/

Re: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Pete McNeil
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 8:57:56 AM, Ali wrote: AR> Hi, AR> Over the last 2 days I have seen a major increase in false positives. AR> Literally all hotmail and yahoo address are being caught by sniffer AR> inclusive of other legit domains. AR> Please confirm what may be causing this and w

Re: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Darin Cox
D]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [sniffer] False Positives Same with me. Last night there was a rules update and it fixed the problem. Check the date of your rules update. - Original Message - From: "Ali Resting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C

Re: [sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Frederick Samarelli
Same with me. Last night there was a rules update and it fixed the problem. Check the date of your rules update. - Original Message - From: "Ali Resting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:57 AM Subject: [sn

[sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Ali Resting
Hi, Over the last 2 days I have seen a major increase in false positives. Literally all hotmail and yahoo address are being caught by sniffer inclusive of other legit domains. Please confirm what may be causing this and what I can do to resolve the issue. Regards, Ali --- This message was scan

[sniffer] False Positives

2006-01-18 Thread Ali Resting
Hi, Over the last 2 days I have seen a major increase in false positives. Literally all hotmail and yahoo address are being caught by sniffer inclusive of other legit domains. Please confirm what may be causing this and what I can do to resolve the issue. Regards, Ali --- This message was scan

Re: [sniffer] False Postive Processing more automation?

2005-10-15 Thread Pete McNeil
On Saturday, October 15, 2005, 3:51:22 PM, Scott wrote: > When I submit false positives to Sniffer about half come back rule clean. I then have to go to the logs and pull out those messages and resubmit the false positives with the log lines.   I believe I am FTPing up my log files to Sni

[sniffer] False Postive Processing more automation?

2005-10-15 Thread Scott Fisher
When I submit false positives to Sniffer about half come back rule clean. I then have to go to the logs and pull out those messages and resubmit the false positives with the log lines.   I believe I am FTPing up my log files to Sniffer nightly.   Isn't there a way to automatically pull these

Re[4]: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-13 Thread Pete McNeil
server. JTL> John T JTL> eServices For You >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JTL> On >> Behalf Of Pete McNeil >> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:45 AM >> To: John Tolmachoff (Lists) >> Subject: Re

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-13 Thread John Tolmachoff (Lists)
eil > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:45 AM > To: John Tolmachoff (Lists) > Subject: Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive > > I have your response in my sent folder. > > I will send it again.. > > _M > > On Monday, September 12, 2005, 8:37:52 PM, John wrote: &g

Re[2]: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-13 Thread Pete McNeil
ices For You >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JTL> On >> Behalf Of Pete McNeil >> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 5:08 AM >> To: Ali Resting >> Subject: Re: [sniffer] False positive >> >> On

RE: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-12 Thread John Tolmachoff (Lists)
9, 2005 5:08 AM > To: Ali Resting > Subject: Re: [sniffer] False positive > > On Friday, September 9, 2005, 2:17:31 AM, Ali wrote: > > AR> Hi Peter, > > AR> I have submited 3 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with all the required > AR> fields as per you instaructi

Re: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On Friday, September 9, 2005, 2:17:31 AM, Ali wrote: Apologies to the list... I intended to send those responses directly. _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.ht

Re: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-09 Thread Pete McNeil
Here is another copy of my initial reply. _M On Friday, September 9, 2005, 2:17:31 AM, Ali wrote: AR> Hi Peter, AR> I have submited 3 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with all the required AR> fields as per you instaructions on the website, I have not received any AR> feedback whether this request ha

Re: [sniffer] False positive

2005-09-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On Friday, September 9, 2005, 2:17:31 AM, Ali wrote: AR> Hi Peter, AR> I have submited 3 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with all the required AR> fields as per you instaructions on the website, I have not received any AR> feedback whether this request has been effected. I cleared the false positives

[sniffer] False positive

2005-09-08 Thread Ali Resting
Hi Peter, I have submited 3 email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with all the required fields as per you instaructions on the website, I have not received any feedback whether this request has been effected. Regards Ali --- This message was scanned for viruses by the Real Image Anti-virus filters This

Re: [sniffer] false positives which catagories?

2005-08-11 Thread Scott Fisher
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:13 AM Subject: RE: [sniffer] false positives which catagories? Scott, HS = Test says ham, final result was spam. This is an inaccurate ham result. 'False negative' How are you auto determining that an email that was ham was really spam? Are you key

Re: [sniffer] false positives which catagories?

2005-08-11 Thread Darin Cox
measurement. Darin. - Original Message - From: "Keith Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:13 AM Subject: RE: [sniffer] false positives which catagories? Scott, HS = Test says ham, final result was spam. This is an inaccurate ham result.

RE: [sniffer] false positives which catagories?

2005-08-11 Thread Keith Johnson
r Sent: Thu 8/4/2005 10:02 AM To: sniffer@SortMonster.com Subject: Re: [sniffer] false positives which catagories? I have my sniffer result histories by category posted at: http://it.farmprogress.com/declude/Testsbymonth.html Look about 90% down the page. - Original Message

Re: [sniffer] False positive on whole domain

2005-08-06 Thread Pete McNeil
I'm pretty sure the rule that caused your trouble has been removed. _M On Thursday, August 4, 2005, 7:24:09 PM, Robert wrote: RM> After two attempts to email support and two attempts to RM> register a real false positive to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I would be RM> really grateful for some he

Re: [sniffer] False positive on whole domain

2005-08-04 Thread Pete McNeil
We do respond to all false reports that are made to us if we can properly identify the sender - and often even if that is not the case. I will research this further and contact you off list. Thanks, _M On Thursday, August 4, 2005, 7:24:09 PM, Robert wrote: RM> After two attempts to e

[sniffer] False positive on whole domain

2005-08-04 Thread Robert Mathias
After two attempts to email support and two attempts to register a real false positive to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I would be really grateful for some help. I suspect our email attempts may have failed to reach sortmonster.   All email to and from one of our domains since about the 21st July is

Re: [sniffer] false positives which catagories?

2005-08-04 Thread Scott Fisher
: [sniffer] false positives which catagories? Hi,   I'd like to make a difference in the ways I score the varions sniffer catagories in Declude. I hold at 20 and have had the several sniffer catagories all at 19. As we are a school for tourism I score sniffer travel lower

[sniffer] false positives which catagories?

2005-08-03 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi,   I'd like to make a difference in the ways I score the varions sniffer catagories in Declude. I hold at 20 and have had the several sniffer catagories all at 19. As we are a school for tourism I score sniffer travel lower but I would like to score some catagories higher, at 20. If we ha

Re: [sniffer] False Positive?

2005-07-14 Thread Pete McNeil
There is a lot of symantec spam out there (that looks like it's not from them of course)... It's possible that something used in one of those made it into their auto confirm, or that a robot picked something up in a cross reference on a trap. The only way to tell for sure is to get the SNF log

[sniffer] False Positive?

2005-07-14 Thread Richard Farris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any reason this would be in the sniffer file...I tried to do some troubleshooting and finally just whitelisted their address...and they got itbut I don't think Declude was holding it...I have SNIFFER on Delete... Richard Farris Ethixs Online 1.270.247. Office

Re[2]: [sniffer] False Positives.

2005-05-10 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 9:37:29 AM, Judy wrote: JB> Pete, JB> Can you send these kinds of emails to Hamed instead of me please. JB> thanks I have changed your subscription. Please note you can alter your sniffer@ list subscription at any time. Information is on our help page: http://www.sort

Re: [sniffer] False

2005-05-10 Thread Pete McNeil
On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, 9:35:59 AM, Frederick wrote: FS> I am finding that most if not all email from Comcast senders are failing FS> Sniffer. Please submit a false positive report to false@ and include matching SNF log entries if possible. Thanks, _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sni

RE: [sniffer] False Positives.

2005-05-10 Thread Judy Burnett
McNeil Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:49 PM To: Chuck Schick Subject: Re: [sniffer] False Positives. On Monday, May 9, 2005, 7:40:00 PM, Chuck wrote: CS> I am all of a sudden having all of the mail from one of our hosted domains CS> fail the sniffer-phishing. The domain is srinternational.com -

[sniffer] False

2005-05-10 Thread Frederick Samarelli
I am finding that most if not all email from Comcast senders are failing Sniffer. Fred This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html

Re: [sniffer] False Positives.

2005-05-09 Thread Pete McNeil
On Monday, May 9, 2005, 7:40:00 PM, Chuck wrote: CS> I am all of a sudden having all of the mail from one of our hosted domains CS> fail the sniffer-phishing. The domain is srinternational.com - could you CS> please check on this. All of the emails are different - just from the same CS> domain.

[sniffer] False Positives.

2005-05-09 Thread Chuck Schick
I am all of a sudden having all of the mail from one of our hosted domains fail the sniffer-phishing. The domain is srinternational.com - could you please check on this. All of the emails are different - just from the same domain. Chuck Schick Warp 8, Inc. (303)-421-5140 www.warp8.com This E-