Spam Questions


spam email
I upgraded my symantec virus protection from 2004 to 2008. Before I upgraded to 2008 I had an icon in my Outlook tool bar that said “this is spam”. I could highlight all my spam in my inbox and click this is spam and it would go into my spam folder. Now I no longer [...]

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2009  2:02 PM
Norton AntiVirus 2004, Norton AntiVirus 2008, Outlook, Spam, Symantec
asked by:
Jaw
5 pts.

The Great SPAM experiment
Hey… this is kinda interesting… supersize-me for spam http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-trenches/did-you-see-this-issue-3

Answer Question   |  June 8, 2012  7:02 PM
Email, Security, Spam
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32,735 pts.

Mail address hijacking – spammer problem
My website is hosted by Seanic.net and of course I have several email accounts via this site. I have recently been receving so many “daemon mailer” messages about rejected emails that I have not sent to recipients that I do not know that I had to temporarily suspend one of my email accounts. Furthermore, I [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2008  8:13 AM
Email abuse, Email security, Spam
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0 pts.

Unwanted e-mails in Exchange Store
Hi – we have Exchange 2003, which we backup with Veritas Backup Exec v10 .. In the daily backup job log, there is a list of e-mails in the Exchange mailboxes which fail to backup – skipped mainly because they “fail to verify” or “are in use” as per the following example :- Access denied [...]

Answer Question   |  March 20, 2008  10:55 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange error messages, Exchange Server backup, Spam
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10 pts.

Exchange 2003 Undelivered report (spam)
Every now and then some of my users complain that they have received an Undelivered email report from the administrator, to an email that they have not sent. I have checked the email’s content and traced the message on the server but I cannot find out a clear justification of how they received the message, [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2008  11:03 AM
Exchange 2003, Spam
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95 pts.

Is there a rule to forward spam email to the Outlook junk folder?
I have set up a Linux spam gateway in front of my Exchange 2003 server. It is very efficient and marks spam email by tagging the subject line as “spam.” After the email is tagged, it is sent to the Exchange 2003 server. I would like all email tagged as spam to be automatically sent [...]

Answer Question   |  March 20, 2008  5:27 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook 2003, Spam
580 pts.

How can I prevent spam from getting through the Exchange server?
I am running Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Exchange 2003. My client workstations are receiving spam email with vulgar and inappropriate words in the subject and body of the message. I have implemented Microsoft Outlook rules on the workstation computers and have the spam filter settings at “high.” However, [...]

Answer Question   |  March 7, 2008  5:03 PM
Exchange 2003, Microsoft Outlook, Spam, Spam filters, Windows Small Business Server
580 pts.

Mail server
A company has a problem with their mail server. They are able to recive mails but they cant send any emails.They recive loads of spamm mails about 1000 throught 5h. We thought it might be that all the spam is blocking the server but we dont know what to do does anybody have an idea??

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2008  7:10 AM
Email, Outlook, Security, Spam
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10 pts.

Move Tagged SPAM to Junk Folder
Hi All I have setup a Linux SPAM gateway in front of my Exchange2003 server. It is very efficient and marks spam email by tagging the subject line as SPAM. After that the emails are sent to Exchange2003. What I need to do is to have all emails that are tagged as spam to go [...]

Answer Question   |  November 8, 2007  4:05 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook 2003, Spam
asked by:
0 pts.

Spam Protection
What is the best way to stop spams ?

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2007  11:22 AM
Spam
asked by:
30 pts.

MX Record & Emails
An MX record is looked-up if an email is being sent to (someone@mydomain.com) but if it directly sent to the mail server (someone@mail.mydomain.com) in this case only the A record it looked-up. Is this true? In the latter case, emails are being sent directly to the mail server&any spam filtering system is by passed. How [...]

Answer Question   |  December 26, 2007  4:39 PM
DNS, Email, Security, Spam
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100 pts.

Receiving undeliverable email we did not send
Hi everyone, One of our users keeps getting undeliverable email messages. It looks like someone out there is sending mail and making it look like it is coming from him. Is there anyway to stop this? We are running Exchange 2007. I don’t think it is relaying or a virus. It does this even when [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  4:42 PM
Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Spam, SQL Server, TrendMicro
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0 pts.

Exchange Server / Email Proxy / Network Design / General Questions
I’m not sure if I should try to tackle all my questions in one post, but I will attempt to be as clear and accurate as possible. Most likely my questions are simple for a person with experience. Overall Goal: Implement Exchange Server 2007 and Barracuda Spam Filter. Our current email and external DNS is [...]

Answer Question   |  June 7, 2007  12:02 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Security, Servers, Spam, SQL Server
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0 pts.

SMTP Queue’s backup with Spam – Help save my boss’s (IT Manager) butt
We got these new Cingular 8525 phones and in trying to enable them to send and receive email on our Exchange 2000 Server he opened the relay now the Queue’s are filling faster then he can empty them. The open relay is turned off now, but the Spam is still filling the queues. Many are [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2008  2:10 PM
Exchange, Exchange security, Spam
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0 pts.

Exchange 2k3 and AD Communication failure
Dear All, I have the following setup all running on Dell PE 1950 servers AD : Win2k3 Standard ( DC, DNS, DHCP ) IP – 10.10.1.6 EMAIL : Exchange 2003 -standard IP – 10.10.1.4 the link below explains exactly the errors I get http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322837 Event Category: (3) Event ID: 2103 Date: 4/21/2007 Time: 6:24:07 AM [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2007  10:18 AM
Active Directory, Exchange, Exchange security, Spam
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0 pts.

Spam in “messages pending submission”
emails are being stuck in the “messages pending submission” queue and the clients are getting emails 2-3 hours after they are sent. after looking in the queues, i found that there are a lot of spam emails that are supposedly going to invalid email accounts. i have sophos and puremessage installed on my exchange 2003 [...]

Answer Question   |  March 28, 2007  11:50 AM
Exchange, Exchange security, Spam
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0 pts.

Email Delivery Errors
Hello All, Someone is having problems sending emails to us which did not exist before. Our email server (Unix based) did not list his domain as spam according to our email technician. Also for troubleshooting purposes i’ve asked him to send to my hotmail account which resulted in the same manor not receiving. After several [...]

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2007  4:47 AM
Application security, backdoors, Brightmail, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, Current threats, Database, Encryption, Exchange, Hacking, human factors, Instant Messaging, McAfee, MessageLabs, Postini, Rockliffe, Secure Coding, Security, Spam, SpamAssassin, Spyware, SurfControl, Symantec, TrendMicro, Trojans, Viruses, worms
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100 pts.

Find ISP that does not have port 25 blocked or another SMTP server for own DNS?
I need to either find an ISP that does not have port 25 blocked or an SMTP mail server in Southern California that allows you to use your own DNS. Earthlink is a pain !Any ideas ? Please advise. Thanks. Best Regards, syscameleon888

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2007  7:07 PM
Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Network security, Spam, VPN, Web Services Standards, Wireless
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0 pts.

Mail Appliance
Good Day All, I would like an advice on the best hardware solution for a mail appliance. I have viewed several products Fortinet, Netmax, Sonicwall, MXtreme Mail Firewall ? etc. Also, it would be preferred if the license is based on the box itself not the number of users, can handle multi-domain, built-in anti spam [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2007  6:08 AM
Brightmail, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, Exchange, McAfee, MessageLabs, Postini, Rockliffe, Spam, SpamAssassin, SurfControl, Symantec, TrendMicro
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100 pts.

Exchange 2003 not able to change send and receive file size limits
I have a user that needed to send a 50 Mb PDF file. His send and receive file size limits were 10Mb. So I changed them to 60 Mb but Exchange would not retain the new changes. It allowed me to make the change but is not retaining the changed settings and the user could [...]

Answer Question   |  January 4, 2007  9:18 PM
Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Hardware, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, Spam, SQL Server, Tech support
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0 pts.