Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Spam Spam Spam
I’m in my client’s server room, waiting for the spam engine to download for Sybari Spam Manager. It was time for them to update Sybari Antigen, which is a wonderful product, and when the sales guy pointed out the option of getting this Spam control product too, they readily agreed.
Antigen scans incoming e-mail for viruses, and can be used to exclude attachments by file extension. So, for instance, even if there’s no virus definition for a new virus, if it comes in an attached .EXE, .PIF, or .SCR file, it has no chance.
I’ve heard good things about Spam Manager 2.0 as well, but I’m still working on configuring and making it run. I see in the directions it says you can use external real-time black hole lists (RBL), but it doesn’t suggest any, merely pointing out they exist, some free and some not. That makes me curious to know what’s out there, especially for free.
Okay, done waiting…