queries abt mailscanner MRTG

[Simon Something]

Hi kevin

Thanks for the quick reply

anyway i will change my MS.conf not to bounce mails

u may be right as I dont have much mail load  as we have few users.

btw i just wanna know also if my mail scanner and spam assasin is doin a
good job and i dont have to make any more changes to ms .conf file and if
i need to do appreciate if you can let me know the settings i gota pay
attention too

thanks and Regards

simon



> On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 07:37, Simon Something wrote:
>> but i see something in the mailscanner graph i am confused
>>
>> 1) the 2nd graph SPAM IDENDIFIED DAILY GRAPH SAYS:
>>
>> Current spam caught(total)   139 messages
>> cureent Spam caught by MTA rules 0.0 messages
>>
>> i have in MS.conf files for spam actions to rebounce
>>
>> does this mean that my users are gettin the spam but i do see in maillog
>> that action is rebounce
>> do i have to have any other rules
> No, all it means is that MailScanner found spam, the graph does not care
> what happens to that spam.
> BTW  please do not bounce spam, its pointless and an irritation for the
> innocent senders who have had their addresses forged.
>
>>
>> and the second graph
>>
>> SPAM RATIO DAILY GRAPH
>>
>> shows me
>>
>> current total spam 99.0 percent
>> curent spam blocked by MTA 0.0 percent
>
> You have a very low traffic server, therefore in any five minute period
> (particularly overnight) its possible that all mail received in a period
> is all spam, your graph shows this fluctuating wildly, which is what I
> would expect with a low mail throughput.
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