So there would not be a real benefit to passing the IP over when it is the
is already in the mail having been added by the mail server?

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Pete McNeil
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Richard Stupek wrote:
>
>> Which of the 2 scan commands should we use to scan a message?  Does
>> sending the IP address help improve scanning?
>>
>> <snf><xci><scanner><scan file='filepath'/></scanner></xci></snf>
>> OR
>> <snf><xci><scanner><scan file='filepath' xhdr='no' log='no'
>> ip='12.34.56.78'/></scanner></xci></snf>
>>
> That depends on your needs.
>
> If you want SNF + GBUdb to learn IPs by reading through the Received
> headers then you would NOT include the ip= attribute.
>
> If you want to tell SNF + GBUdb what the source IP was for the message
> explicitly then you DO include the ip= attribute.
>
> See:
>
>
> http://www.armresearch.com/support/articles/software/snfServer/xci/scanner.jsp
>
> "The ip='12.34.56.78' attribute is optional and indicates that the source
> IP for the message has already been determined as 12.34.56.78. If this
> option is used then GBUdb training directives may not function as expected.
> This option is best used when the calling application has already determined
> the correct source IP for the message and wishes to force the source IP
> value rather than have SNF+GBUdb discover it from Received headers in the
> message.
>
> Note: It is often best to let SNF + GBUdb determine the source IP for a
> given message based on the Received headers. If the connecting IP is not
> already represented in the top Received header for the message then the
> calling application should create one in the top of the temporary file SNF
> is going to scan."
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> _M
>
>
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