Eircom are RFC compliant in that they accept regarding abuse complaints sent to abuse@eircom.net HOWEVER they do not seem to process input to that address … [Read more...] about Eircom Abuse Reports – Usability Where are you?
Spam Filtering
SPF to IP translation
Spamcop has a handy little tool to convert SPF record entries to IP address and/or ranges. Simply feed it a domain name and it will read in the SPF record if it exists and convert it to IPs. If no SPF is present then it will use the MX record. I suppose you *could* use this to check your own SPF records .... … [Read more...] about SPF to IP translation
Upgrading phishing list – the easy way
Julian posted a nice and easy way of upgrading your phishing list configuration (phishing.safe.sites.conf) without losing any of your custom changes: … [Read more...] about Upgrading phishing list – the easy way
Cashing in on London bombing – spammers strike again
According to reports scam emails purporting to seek funds for victims of last weeks bombing have already appeared. Similar emails appeared shortly after the Asian tsunami. … [Read more...] about Cashing in on London bombing – spammers strike again
Content Filtering with MailScanner – Part 1 – File Types
Mailscanner allows for a very fine level of control over email content and security via its configuration and ruleset files. This article shall look at setting up per user or per domain rules for file types. It is based on my experience with MailScanner on RPM based systems, however it should work on any system running a standard install of MailScanner. Why would this be of … [Read more...] about Content Filtering with MailScanner – Part 1 – File Types