Image spam

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Chris Yuzik
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:34 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Image spam
> 
> Stephen Swaney wrote:
> >
> > They're probably not :) I know that Barracuda has exaggerated
> performance
> > claims in the past.
> >
> > We're seeing almost no little image spam (none for the last week at
> least)
> > getting through without using FuzzOCR (too much load). How - Just
> > SpamAssassin with:
> >
> > 	SARE rule sets
> > 	Milter-ahead (Snertsoft)
> > 	Milter-link (Snertsoft)
> > 	Razor
> > 	DCC
> > 	GreetPause
> > 	Spamhaus (zen)
> >
> > BTW For those who use them, Anthony Howe has new releases (today) of
> many of
> > his milters and the libsnert library now available at
> www.snertsoft.com
> >
> Steve,
> 
> As usual, excellent information. We'll be looking at implementing the
> Snertsoft (great company name, btw) milters asap.
> 

They are very effective. 

> How long of a GreetPause are you using?
> 

650 ms on our service bureau for a long time now and never one complaint.

Steve Swaney
steve at fsl.com