Spam Filter ISP Forums : How do you guys deal with this? https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:41:13 +0000 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:46:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.04 360 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5576 <![CDATA[Spam Filter ISP Forums]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : For you guys who are interested...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7886&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7886 Author: Stupid
Subject: 5576
Posted: 28 April 2006 at 3:46pm

For you guys who are interested in the website, please see:

 

http://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID= /5338&PN=1

]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:46:14 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7886&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7886 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : From the updated readme.html help...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7871&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7871 Author: LogSat
Subject: 5576
Posted: 27 April 2006 at 4:04pm

From the updated readme.html help file is the best description so far:

SFDB Filter - SpamFilter Distributed Blacklist

The SFDB filter uses a very powerful resource to stop spam:
The entire global SpamFilter ISP user community.

Anytime an IP address is added to SpamFilter's local IP blacklist cache, the SFDB filter updates our Distributed Blacklist centralized database. This allows the SFDB filter to have access to a huge repository of spammer's IPs, updated in realtime by all the SpamFilter ISP users in the world. IP addresses from the database are automatically aged and removed from the database within 24 hours if they receive no further reports.

The SFDB filter detects spam by checking IP addresses against the SFDB database. The "network reliability" level tells SpamFilter how many different users must have reported a specific IP in order to classify it as spam.

The SFDB filter will reject IPs if there are *currently* in the database more that a minimum number of reports for a certain IP. This threshold is the "Network Reliability". Enter 0 to disable the SFDB filter.



Originally posted by Rifleman Rifleman wrote:

Roberto,
 
Please explain how SFDB works exactly please.
 
Thanks
]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:04:49 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7871&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7871 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : My boss doesn&#039;t want to sell...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7870&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7870 Author: Derk
Subject: 5576
Posted: 27 April 2006 at 2:01pm

My boss doesn't want to sell the interface at this time.  Sorry guys.  I would be happy to answer some questions or give you tips as long as it is not directly supplying code.

]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:01:24 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7870&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7870 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : Roberto, Please explain how...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7869&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7869 Author: Rifleman
Subject: 5576
Posted: 27 April 2006 at 1:56pm

Roberto,
 
Please explain how SFDB works exactly please.
 
Thanks
]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:56:37 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7869&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7869 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : Derk, Is that interface for...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7868&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7868 Author: Rifleman
Subject: 5576
Posted: 27 April 2006 at 1:55pm

Derk,
 
Is that interface for sale or available?
 
Thanks
]]> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:55:35 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7868&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7868 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : Just ensure you&#039;re using...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7851&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7851 Author: LogSat
Subject: 5576
Posted: 25 April 2006 at 11:04pm

Just ensure you're using the latest v3.x version available, the new SFDB filter is enabled by default.]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:04:15 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7851&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7851 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : How do I use SFDB? ]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7848&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7848 Author: Guests
Subject: 5576
Posted: 25 April 2006 at 6:24pm

How do I use SFDB?]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:24:15 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7848&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7848 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : As long as there is money to be...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7845&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7845 Author: Marco
Subject: 5576
Posted: 25 April 2006 at 9:27am

As long as there is money to be earned for spammers, spam will keep polluting the internet, it's as simple as that. Every major ISP, and allmost all companies are fighting spam, they get rid of 95% of the garbage for their users. But unfortunately a couple of legit mails get caught in the crossfire every now and then. Tell your users that what they want is impossible, no matter how good an it-manager is, things will never go 100% right.

One major step in the right direction has been made recently, with the SFDB-collective, i see this filter catch more and more spam, no false positives so far.

 

]]> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:27:02 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7845&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7845 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : Whoever told you that was certainly...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7844&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7844 Author: Guests
Subject: 5576
Posted: 24 April 2006 at 8:04pm

Whoever told you that was certainly wrong.  What do they think the "Bulk" folder is in Yahoo! Mail, or the  "Spam" folder is in GMail, or the "Junk Email" folder is in Hotmail or MS Outlook?  These are all examples of Quarantines, and are not only essential in preventing loss of legitimate email through false positives, but also in finely tuning any spam filter to increase it's accuracy.  Since NO spam filter can have 100% accuracy, the obvious question is would they rather a larger number of spam slip through the filter, or a larger number of false positives that are flagged as spam (and deleted forever if no quarantine exists).
]]> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:04:31 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7844&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7844 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with this? : No, I don&#039;t realize that...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5576&PID=7843&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-this#7843 Author: Guests
Subject: 5576
Posted: 24 April 2006 at 5:05pm

No, I don't realize that because they said this was from their IT manager from their old jobs, and they offered me to talk to the IT manager.

 

Originally posted by Marco Marco wrote:

Quote They also said other companies do not have this quarantine thing and do not ask users to go check the spam themselves, and they have no problem with spam or virus, nor do they have problems with their customers.

 

you DO realise that you are beeing told a blatant lie, or are faced with ignorance of epic proportions right?

 

 

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