Re: Need some help with spam / Virus

My ISP is using spam filtering Mostly black lists that are published. All
my email is sent to a general mail box that resides on their server. From
there my pop3 grabbers collects the emails and sends them to exchange via
smtp. Exchange 2003 does not have the ability to pull pop3 accounts to the
server. I do not want the users doing that anymore.

What is bothering me is I am not sure if the emails that I am getting are
comming in or going out. I have reveived 593 in the last 30 min or so. They
seem to come in bunches and I am not able to find out more. can I use
logging to help? if so what would I loo for or help do I setup lgging to
show me?

"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:

This would still be your best option if the ISP has no services for scanning
mail for spam. You should check with your ISP to see if they offer
anything. If not, you can stil use SpamSoap for scanning all mail before it
reaches your system. I use them for all my clients and they are very
accurate and effective at blocking all spam. YOu can try them for 30 days
for free. Simply have your ISP update your MX Record to point to their
servers and you are good to go to try them out.

BTW: Why are you POPing your your mail? I would strongly suggest hosting
your Exchange using SMTP as Exchange was built on this. You are really
missing some great features and functions by just making your Exchange
Server a POP sever.

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2006
Microsoft Certified Partner

"captain" <captain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for those third party solutions. I will look at getting them I
do
have all my mail going to an ISP and I am using a pop3 grabber to pull it
to
the server. I am not sure why I am still getting all these problems.

"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:

You may also look at third party AntiSpam solution such as SpamSoap or
Postini. Benefit of these type of providers is that Spam never reaches
your
network (Exchange Server) as is not the case with Symantec or other third
party programs installed inside your network perimeter.

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2006
Microsoft Certified Partner

"captain" <captain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have Exchange 2003 running on Standard 2003 Server.

I seem to be having a problem with my Exchange server either relaying
emails
or returning email to a sender when they are fishing for address. I
thought
I have turned off relaying but I am not sure. Also how do I NOT reply
to
emails that do not exist on my AD?

Any help, tips, or places to look?


I am getting several hundred emails a day saying either

"Undeliverable: Symantec Mail Security detected unscannable content in
a
message sent from your address "
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: Symantec Mail Security detected unscannable content in a
message
sent from your address (SYM:07148135771387591492)
Sent: 3/13/2006 7:41 AM
The following recipient(s) could not be reached: bobo@xxxxxxxx on
3/13/2006
7:40 AM
The e-mail account does not exist at the organization this message was
sent
to. Check the e-mail address, or contact the recipient directly to
find
out
the correct address.
< mxsf08.cluster1.charter.net #5.1.1 SMTP; 550 Invalid recipient:
<bobo@xxxxxxxx >>

AND

Delivery Status Notification (Delay)
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.
Delivery to the following recipients has been delayed.









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