Understanding "Spam List = ..." mechanism

[Julian Field]

At 08:25 16/09/2003, you wrote:
>Dear experts,
>
>the Mailscanner suite is running  under Solaris 7 with Virus detection
>plus SpamAssasin feature
>very well at our site.
>To understand the philosophy behind the spam detection mechanism I would
>like to ask if all the
>servers from the Spam List (see below)  were contacted simultaneously or
>only the first one then the
>next server (if the first is not reachable)  or what else?

They are contacted. If the message gets a "hit" in any of them, it will be
marked as spam. I wouldn't advise making this list very long, it will slow
things down too much. 2 or 3 entries is usually all you want to add.


>Spam List = spamhaus.org NJABL VISI Easynet-DNSBL Easynet-Proxies
>Easynet-Dynablock Infinite-Monkeys
>
>Many thanks in advance for the answer!
>
>Rainer Blaes
>EADS Space Transportation, Bremen (Germany)

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