and all that is easier than clicking a button in my program? ----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Mike Howeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: log file => spammers
> > ok, here are the details for a simplified implementation - > > first, I share the directory on the server that contains the spammer list and modify its permissions so that I can write to some of > the files in it from the machine & userID that I normally use (my "dev box"). > > on the dev box, I use a 3rd-party utility "Redemption". (http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/). I do this because the retrieval of > certain message information from code in Outlook triggers a security warning that is unnecessary in this context, and Redemption > gets around it. Use of Redemption is not required but makes the result nicer. > > in outlook, I added a toolbar button that invokes vba code that does the work. First, it retrieves the message header (using > Redemption); it could also be retrieved by calling CDO directly I assume. > > Public Function MailItemGetHeaders(MItem As Outlook.MailItem) As String > Dim utils, PrHeaders > Dim result As String > On Error Resume Next > Set utils = CreateObject("Redemption.MAPIUtils") > PrHeaders = &H7D001E > result = utils.HrGetOneProp(MItem.MAPIOBJECT, PrHeaders) > utils.Cleanup > MailItemGetHeaders = result > End Function > > the vba code then parses the first Received: header and extracts the sending MTA's IP address and reverse DNS info. Since the > received header was constructed by xmail, I always know exactly what its format is. (Received: headers normally have no specific > standard format). > > (The reverse DNS info is available because I have xmail add it to the Received: headers but it is not required for this to work > although I use it for other purposes) > > finally, the vba code adds the IP address to the spammer list (I removed some of the error checking from this to make it easier to > read): > > Public Sub IPIsSpammer(ByVal IPInfo As String) > Dim Path As String > Dim IPAdr As String > Dim fd As Integer > On Error Resume Next > IPAdr = Left(IPInfo, InStr(IPInfo & " ", " ") - 1) ' discard RDNS info if present > Path = "(pathname of spammers.tab file)" > fd = FreeFile > Open Path For Append As #fd > if err.number=0 then > Print #fd, """" & IPAdr & """" & Chr(9) & """255.255.255.255""" > Close #fd > end if > End Sub > > --- > tmike > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 7/25/2003 > Tested on: 7/27/2003 12:22:54 PM > avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 7/25/2003 Tested on: 7/27/2003 12:25:22 PM avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
