Phishing is not working

[Martin Hepworth]

Michael Baird wrote:
> Same here, I've never been able to get the phishing detection in
> mailscanner to work, luckily my virus scanners do pick up many of the
> attacks. If you figure out, be kind enough to post the fix. 
> 
> Regards
> Michael Baird
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>We are running MailScanner 4.43.8-1 and I turned the phishing feature 
>>on. My phishing.safe.sites.conf file is the default.  we receive tens of 
>>thousands messages daily and we've been running this version for a few 
>>days. We have not seen any message caught by the feature. I received a 
>>phishing message myself. I tried to attach it to the message such that I 
>>can explain my situation better. However, Julian's JISCmail mailer does 
>>not like it. Apparently, MailScanner is able to identify the phishing 
>>thing. I wonder if there is anything wrong in my configuration?
>>
>>Find Phishing Fraud = yes
>>Also Find Numeric Phishing = yes
>>Phishing Safe Sites File = %etc-dir%/phishing.safe.sites.conf
>>
>>Thanks
>>Kai Wang
>>University of Calgary
>>

Always worked for me......it alters the message so you get a big red 
(colour) warning in the html that the URL and it's supposed address do 
not match.

It doesn't block the email merely alters it..

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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