[windows2000] Re: Glenn's Software Pick of the Week: ASSP (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy)
- From: "Puetz, Christoph" <christoph.puetz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:07:57 -0700
Are you running it on the SMTP Gateway or Exchange itself?
Christoph
-----Original Message-----
From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:38 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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