(Off Topic) SPAM

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If you have an Exchange server, look at Sybari's Antigen. It scans mail for
virus and filters attachments. This summer they are suppose to have their
Content scanner done and it will be considered part of the software. You
don't have to buy it separately. I am trying a demo copy now and I think it
is going to be what I go with. www.sybari.com
Nancy Dunn
Winco Industries Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hiatt Manufacturing, Inc. [mailto:hiattmfg@...]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:21 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


I've heard good things about Mail Essentials for Exchange also.
http://www.gfi.com/me/mailessentials.htm

J
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We have some email accounts here at work that get, on average, 30 pieces of SPAM a day!! Is there some software that anyone knows of that we could purchase to eliminate this problem. I need the software to be PC based, not server.

Thanks!

Wendy Bowen
Network Administrator
Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.
(810) 743-1600 ext.323
wpursche@...



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One FREE option is using the "Rules" in Outlook or Outlook Express. For instance, I get emails all the time about casino's, etc. So I can make a rule that if the word "casino" is in the body of the message (or the subject), I can send it to a special folder. I use a 'spam' folder for cases where I may want to see the message before I delete it, but don't want it in my inbox. Or I can delete emails from the rules if I want. Another option is to "block sender" if there are emails coming from one particular person or company.

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics
----- Original Message -----
From: Wendy Bowen
To: Vantage Yahoogroups list
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


We have some email accounts here at work that get, on average, 30 pieces of SPAM a day!! Is there some software that anyone knows of that we could purchase to eliminate this problem. I need the software to be PC based, not server.

Thanks!

Wendy Bowen
Network Administrator
Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.
(810) 743-1600 ext.323
wpursche@...



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Wendy,

Are you running Exchange Server ?

Do the SPAM email's come from the same external address and go to the same
internal address routinely ?

If so, I can explain how you can block sending and receiving of emails
between an internal and a specific external email address.

Or, from a specific email address to ANY internal email address ....

I use this technique all the time to block personal emails at work. The
logic is plain Exchange server ... It's just not a documented feature ...

Todd Anderson
IS Manager
J. Rubin & Co.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Bowen [mailto:wpursche@...]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 1:45 PM
To: Vantage Yahoogroups list
Subject: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


We have some email accounts here at work that get, on average, 30 pieces of
SPAM a day!! Is there some software that anyone knows of that we could
purchase to eliminate this problem. I need the software to be PC based, not
server.

Thanks!

Wendy Bowen
Network Administrator
Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.
(810) 743-1600 ext.323
wpursche@...



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Actually we're not using any type of "mail" server persay. I'm routing our
shared 56k dial-up access through the NAT on my server.

Wendy Bowen
Network Administrator
Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.
(810) 743-1600 ext.323
wpursche@...


----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Anderson <tanderson@...>
To: <vantage@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


> Wendy,
>
> Are you running Exchange Server ?
>
> Do the SPAM email's come from the same external address and go to the same
> internal address routinely ?
>
> If so, I can explain how you can block sending and receiving of emails
> between an internal and a specific external email address.
>
> Or, from a specific email address to ANY internal email address ....
>
> I use this technique all the time to block personal emails at work. The
> logic is plain Exchange server ... It's just not a documented feature ...
>
> Todd Anderson
> IS Manager
> J. Rubin & Co.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wendy Bowen [mailto:wpursche@...]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 1:45 PM
> To: Vantage Yahoogroups list
> Subject: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM
>
>
> We have some email accounts here at work that get, on average, 30 pieces
of
> SPAM a day!! Is there some software that anyone knows of that we could
> purchase to eliminate this problem. I need the software to be PC based,
not
> server.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Wendy Bowen
> Network Administrator
> Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.
> (810) 743-1600 ext.323
> wpursche@...
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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> Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please go to:
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>
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I use the Outlook rules feature to send all the Vantage "Spam" I get into a
specific folder by searching for the phrase " Vantage" or "[vantage" if you
don't put the leading space , then any E-Mail containing "advantage" will be
moved to the folder as well.

But seriously folks, thanks for all your questions and answers in this
wonderful E-Group. I'm just getting my feet wet doing Vantage support and
report writing, and I'm learning alot every day just by reading my e-mail.


-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 1:39 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


One FREE option is using the "Rules" in Outlook or Outlook Express. For
instance, I get emails all the time about casino's, etc. So I can make a
rule that if the word "casino" is in the body of the message (or the
subject), I can send it to a special folder. I use a 'spam' folder for
cases where I may want to see the message before I delete it, but don't want
it in my inbox. Or I can delete emails from the rules if I want. Another
option is to "block sender" if there are emails coming from one particular
person or company.

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics
----- Original Message -----
From: Wendy Bowen
To: Vantage Yahoogroups list
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


We have some email accounts here at work that get, on average, 30 pieces
of SPAM a day!! Is there some software that anyone knows of that we could
purchase to eliminate this problem. I need the software to be PC based, not
server.

Thanks!

Wendy Bowen
Network Administrator
Schmald Tool & Die, Inc.
(810) 743-1600 ext.323
wpursche@...



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At 07:43 AM 5/7/2001 , you wrote:
>Actually we're not using any type of "mail" server persay. I'm routing our
>shared 56k dial-up access through the NAT on my server.

So you're sending and receiving via your ISP's servers? You might ask
them if they have an alternate server you can use that is configured with
any aggressive rules to reject spam. This also runs the risk of rejecting
some email from legit senders.

The SMTP server can be configured to reject mail from IP addresses with no
valid reverse name lookup, invalid domain names for the server or sender,
etc. If you want to get real aggressive, you can use the "black list"
databases like maps or orbs to and have your server reject anything that is
on their list.

If you're trying to filter it out at your desktop email client, there's not
much you can do. Even if you do manage to screen things out by the subject
line or whatever, you've already been penalized the time required to
download to your PC.

-Wayne Cox
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"no valid reverse name lookup, invalid domain names for the server or sender, etc." - Wayne Cox

That's where the real spam comes from - bogus 'reply to' addresses, invalid domain names.... If I could filter out those emails that are not otherwise traceable, I would almost be in heaven (at my home pc, that is).

Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Cox
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


At 07:43 AM 5/7/2001 , you wrote:
>Actually we're not using any type of "mail" server persay. I'm routing our
>shared 56k dial-up access through the NAT on my server.

So you're sending and receiving via your ISP's servers? You might ask
them if they have an alternate server you can use that is configured with
any aggressive rules to reject spam. This also runs the risk of rejecting
some email from legit senders.

The SMTP server can be configured to reject mail from IP addresses with no
valid reverse name lookup, invalid domain names for the server or sender,
etc. If you want to get real aggressive, you can use the "black list"
databases like maps or orbs to and have your server reject anything that is
on their list.

If you're trying to filter it out at your desktop email client, there's not
much you can do. Even if you do manage to screen things out by the subject
line or whatever, you've already been penalized the time required to
download to your PC.

-Wayne Cox




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To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/. Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access.

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You can filter them if you set up a gateway machine for your email server
and install Norton AntiVirus for Gateways on it. That's what I am in the
process of doing as soon as I can get MS Proxy on Windows 2000 Server to
work and DNS set up.


Dave Cole
Reeder & Kline

-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 10:35 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


"no valid reverse name lookup, invalid domain names for the server or
sender, etc." - Wayne Cox

That's where the real spam comes from - bogus 'reply to' addresses, invalid
domain names.... If I could filter out those emails that are not otherwise
traceable, I would almost be in heaven (at my home pc, that is).

Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Cox
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


At 07:43 AM 5/7/2001 , you wrote:
>Actually we're not using any type of "mail" server persay. I'm routing
our
>shared 56k dial-up access through the NAT on my server.

So you're sending and receiving via your ISP's servers? You might ask
them if they have an alternate server you can use that is configured with
any aggressive rules to reject spam. This also runs the risk of rejecting

some email from legit senders.

The SMTP server can be configured to reject mail from IP addresses with no

valid reverse name lookup, invalid domain names for the server or sender,
etc. If you want to get real aggressive, you can use the "black list"
databases like maps or orbs to and have your server reject anything that
is
on their list.

If you're trying to filter it out at your desktop email client, there's
not
much you can do. Even if you do manage to screen things out by the
subject
line or whatever, you've already been penalized the time required to
download to your PC.

-Wayne Cox




Yahoo! Groups Sponsor



To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.> Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access.

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.



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To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please go to:
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I've heard good things about Mail Essentials for Exchange also.
http://www.gfi.com/me/mailessentials.htm

John Mueske
IS Manager
Hiatt Manufacturing, Inc.
SBS 4.5 - Vantage 3.00.632


----- Original Message -----
From: Cole, Dave
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] (Off Topic) SPAM


You can filter them if you set up a gateway machine for your email server
and install Norton AntiVirus for Gateways on it. That's what I am in the
process of doing as soon as I can get MS Proxy on Windows 2000 Server to
work and DNS set up.


Dave Cole
Reeder & Kline




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