[windows2000] Re: Glenn's Software Pick of the Week: ASSP (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy)
- From: Bill Beckett <Bill.Beckett@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:36:46 -0500
Zero dollars is always good
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sullivan, Glenn [SMTP:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:38 AM
> To: 'Windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [windows2000] Glenn's Software Pick of the Week: ASSP
> (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy)
>
> I guess the subject is misleading... I'm not picking something every week.
> Buy hey, I got your attention, didn't I?
>
> I have recently been turned onto a piece of open source software called
> the
> "Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy" by NTSysAdmin list member Martin Blackstone. I
> can't
> believe what a phenomenal job it does at catching Spam, and the best part
> about it is its price...
>
> $0
>
> Here it is:
> http://assp.sourceforge.net
>
> It is a Spam killer that functions at the SMTP level. It has
> Auto-whitelisting (anyone you mail is automatically whitelisted), Bayesian
> scanning, and built in attachment blocking, and more other options than
> you
> can shake a stick at.
>
> I am still running in test mode, which delivers everything, but tags the
> subject with text to identify spam, and I have been amazed at the
> accuracy.
>
> More info upon request, but here's some rough stats for our company:
>
> Messages Processed: 300,067
> Spam Marked: 154,876
> Local Mail: 125,770
> Viruses Blocked: 4,971
> Mail from Whitelisted Senders: 6,241
> Percentage of Non-local mail that is spam: 88.9%
>
> I can't wait to see how much lower my Exchange Server's "baseline" is when
> I
> switch off test mode, and it no longer has to process all those spam
> messages...
>
> The "Exchange Install" directions are not as good as I'd like, and I'm
> re-writing them, so they will get better eventually. But if you'd like
> help
> setting it up, feel free to ask.
>
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
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