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

[Steve Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Chris Picciotto
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:32 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: MS/SA and DNS load (really: "relays.visi.com")?
>
> 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.....
>

The really great thing about MailScanner is Julian :)

When SA 3.1 comes out Julian will make MailScanner "do the right thing".
Then we'll all download the latest version and it will work just fine.

Steve

Steve Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
www.fsl.com
steve.swaney at fsl.com



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