Re: Spam Problem

Many thanks, Les

I'll try zen.spamhaus.org in a connection filter after I get away from the
global pop box.


"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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zen.spamhaus.org is capable of listing any IP within hours of bad
behaviour. And delisting just as quick (which is a good thing if you ever
happen to have a network configured such to become infected with a
trojan).

That's the connection filter, and it kills the spam at the connection
level, saving you all those CPU cycles.

Spamhaus.org are very, very good at what they do - check out their
website.

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"Alan C" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Les, as far as I can see this is a new thread.
We obviously have our own domain, as mentioned in my post.
The exchange is filtering 99% successfully. I am advising the powers that
be' to move to SMTP away from POP.

What I was actually asking was whether they was anyone would could tell
me if there is a way of tracing the spammer, and therefore (maybe)
stopping them.

"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Allan,

You should start a new thread (make an new post), as this one is buried
in an older thread.

But to answer your question - when you 'go fetch' email with the pop3
connector, you collect everything that's there waiting for you. It would
be your ISP's job to filter the email as it comes in.

Many folks aren't going to be happy with the way their ISP filters (or
doesn't) spam, and/or don't want to rely on the ISP to do this the way
they want it done. The answer is to register a domain name for your
company (if you don't already have one), and have email delivered
directly from the internet to your SBS - taking the ISP and the POP box
out of the equasion. That puts control in your hands, and even without
3rd party software, Exchange has native facilities to kill about 99% of
the unsolicited email.

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Les Connor [SBS MVP]
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940439/en-us


"Alan C" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We have suddenly started to get hundreds of spams addressed to fake
addresses on our domain - (e.g. dflmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
dflms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ). All are from spoofed
senders.

We have SBS2003, and collect mail via a global pop account. The
exchange is
dealing with the spam effectively, but is slowed by the sheer volume of
spam
hitting the global box.

What I would like to find out is whether there is any way of
identifying the
source (bot?) of the fake mails.

Can anyone suggest anything?










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