Tomas Kuliavas wrote:

[snip]

>>> If users send emails from broadband addresses, some spam filtering
>>> engines
>>> might check ip address in first Received header and assign extra points
>>> when address is listed in DUL RBL.
>>
>> Do you mean my ISP connection IP? I do use broadband (DSL) as my ISP
>> connection. Is there somewhere I can lookup addresses on DUL RBL? I
>> Googled but didn't find a list or query form.
>
> http://www.dnsstuff.com
>
> First form in second column.
>
>>> If you have server on DSL connection,
>>> filters can check second received header.
>>
>> No, I don't run a local server. My web server (which runs SM) is in the
>> Pegasus/Fortress ITX datacentre in New Jersey. It's a shared hosting web
>> server, so I am not the only account on it.
>>
>>> SquirrelMail 1.4.6 allows to
>>> hide user's ip address. Two different options are available. One option
>>> is
>>> in 4. General options section and another is in SMTP/Sendmail options.
>>
>> Sorry, I don't see those options. I use the Administrator plugin in
>> 1.4.6.
>> Here are the options displayed in those two sections:
>>
>> (-) Server Settings
> ...
>> Header Encryption Key
>
> Encryption key allows to hide SquirrelMail Received: headers
> in outbound messages. Interface uses encryption key to encode
> username, remote address and proxied address, then stores encoded
> information in X-Squirrel-* headers.
>
> Warning: used encryption function is not bulletproof. When used
> with static encryption keys, it provides only minimal security
> measures and information can be decoded quickly.
>
> Encoded information can be decoded with decrypt_headers.php script
> from SquirrelMail contrib/ directory.

Sorry, that is greek to me. ;) What is it that you suggest that I enter
there, and will it help this situation?

>> (-) General Options
> ...
>> Remove username from headers ...
>
> SquirrelMail adds username information to every sent email. It is done in
> order to prevent possible sender forging when end users are allowed to
> change their email and name information.
>
> You can disable this header, if you think that it violates user's privacy
> or security. Please note, that setting will work only when users are not
> allowed to change their identity.

That's the problem. We do allow users to edit multiple identities: it's
very useful to be able to send FROM multiple addresses, all within a
single SM login.

As I recall, a while back this was discussed on one of the lists, and many
people felt that this was a privacy issue. They, and I, would like to see
an administrator option to disable the header showing username
information, even if we do allow use of multiple identities.

> ...
>>> If you use sendmail (http://www.sendmail.org) and SquirrelMail is
>>> configured to use /usr/sbin/sendmail, sendmail can add extra headers
>>> about untrusted senders. These headers can trigger spam filters too.
>>
>> I use SMTP.
>>
>>> Are you sure that X-AntiAbuse headers are added to all email users? If
>>> they are present only in SquirrelMail emails, headers might trigger
>>> some filtering engines too.
>>
>> I just checked Outlook, which I use occasionally if my SM server is
>> down, and its headers do not include X-AntiAbuse.
>>
>> I'd like to do what I can to decrease the odds of my mail being blocked
>> by
>> spam filters. The recipients who are affected by this aren't technically
>> savvy, so they can't provide much help other than to say that my mails
>> don't arrive or end up in spam folders.
>
> If your server adds this header, try testing spam filters when this header
> is disabled or does not contain 'abuse' word.

Hard to do, as the recipients with the spam filtering aren't technically
savvy. Even getting them to provide headers info is difficult.





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