Spam Filter ISP Forums : How do you guys deal with it? https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:05:09 +0000 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:46:48 +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=5460 <![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 it? : I drop every email that carries...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7277&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7277 Author: Guests
Subject: 5460
Posted: 01 February 2006 at 11:46am

I drop every email that carries an executable though.]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:46:48 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7277&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7277 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : Easy solution ... Don&#039;t quarantine...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7269&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7269 Author: Desperado
Subject: 5460
Posted: 01 February 2006 at 10:17am

Easy solution ... Don't quarantine the viruses.]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:17:09 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7269&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7269 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : They could release some virus...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7267&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7267 Author: Guests
Subject: 5460
Posted: 01 February 2006 at 10:14am

They could release some virus and get infected themselves and soon infect other people.]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:14:42 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7267&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7267 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : If they release (force the delivery...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7260&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7260 Author: LogSat
Subject: 5460
Posted: 31 January 2006 at 4:00pm

If they release (force the delivery of) an email to themselves, the sender will be whitelisted. However the sender is also matched to the recipient, so that they are whitelisted *only* to that recipient. All other email from that sender to other users will still be blocked.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:00:06 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7260&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7260 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : I thought about the web interface...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7259&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7259 Author: Benny
Subject: 5460
Posted: 31 January 2006 at 3:51pm

I thought about the web interface thing too. What if somebody releases something that should not be released? I just don't want to give them such control.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:51:27 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7259&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7259 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : I have had the same discussion...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7258&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7258 Author: Guests
Subject: 5460
Posted: 31 January 2006 at 1:45pm

I have had the same discussion with our Sales people.  For me the solution really was explaining in laymans terms what a Rdns is and why it's important.  Also I implemented the web interface and have not had any complaints since. 

 

BTW 75% of the email we get is spam.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:45:19 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7258&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7258 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : Unfortunately, I do not quarantine...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7256&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7256 Author: Guests
Subject: 5460
Posted: 31 January 2006 at 9:19am

Unfortunately, I do not quarantine everything. :-(]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:19:33 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7256&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7256 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : We simply logged in the quarantine...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7247&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7247 Author: LogSat
Subject: 5460
Posted: 30 January 2006 at 11:36pm

We simply logged in the quarantine web interface using the user's email address. This gave us a list of all email that was quarantined for him. This does not include all spam blocked by the IP blacklist cache filter, as those emails are cutoff immediately, so the number is actually lower than it should be.

If you want to retrieve a report directly from the quarantine database, simply issue the SQL query:

SELECT     EmailFrom, EmailTo, Subject, MsgDate
FROM         tblQuarantine
WHERE     (EmailTo = 'support@logsat.com')

on the database. Please note that these results are accurate only if you configure SpamFilter to quarantine everything. If this is not the case, you'll need to use commercial reporting tools available that import SpamFilter logs.
]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:36:55 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7247&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7247 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : Sorry, Roberto, how do I do that...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7245&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7245 Author: Guests
Subject: 5460
Posted: 30 January 2006 at 9:32pm

Sorry, Roberto, how do I do that report?]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:32:35 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7245&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7245 <![CDATA[How do you guys deal with it? : Benny,Stupid question. Have you...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=5460&PID=7209&title=how-do-you-guys-deal-with-it#7209 Author: LogSat
Subject: 5460
Posted: 26 January 2006 at 4:13pm

Benny,

Stupid question. Have you prepared for them a quick report showing how much spam they received (and was blocked) during the past, say, 7 days? Just this morning we ourselves had a "vip" customer complaining about the same 2-3 spams emails he received in his mailbox during the past few days. We printed a 13-page PDF showing the 291 spam emails that he did *not* receive int he last 3 days, and that pretty much left him saying "wow, I didn't know! Sorry."

Seing that many should justify the false positives too...
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