MS/SA and DNS load (really: "relays.visi.com")?

[Chris Picciotto]

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Thanks for this Steve.

I think that SA is *very* much on the right track with release 3.1. They
need to begin to think of their functionality a little more like virus
scanning providers do. It is a "cat and mouse" game (or an "arms race" if
you like), and they need to stay up on their definitions as well. Quick
automated updates would do the trick.

Just a quick comment on "early exit" as you point out. The only thing I
would worry about is if this will break MS's High Scoring Spam actions. If
it exits as soon as the "spam" level is reached, how will we know if it is
High Scoring (and handle differently if needed). This is one nice
functionality of MS I think.

Food for thought.....

Chris

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Subject: Re: MS/SA and DNS load (really: "relays.visi.com")?


>
> I picked this up off the web a while back. I was just waiting for the
> right
> question to fire it off to the list. Thanks for asking the right question
> Chris :)
>
> "At the Las Vegas conference, Apache also revealed that the planned 3.1
> release of its open-source spam filter, SpamAssassin, would focus on speed
> and accuracy. Expected in three to four months, version 3.1 is expected to
> feature faster filtering and quicker updates to rules, which look for
> spam-related patterns in messaging.
>
> Theo Van Dinter, who serves on the Apache management committee for
> SpamAssassin, said rules had to be updated quickly so Apache could stay
> ahead of spammers. "It's an arms race, really," he said.
>
> Also planned for release 3.1 is an "early exit" feature that allows the
> spam
> engine not to process an e-mail any further once it identifies it as
> spam."
>
> Sorry but I can't remember which clipping server sent me the quote.
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Swaney
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> Fortress Systems Ltd.
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> steve.swaney at fsl.com
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