Re: RE : [cobalt-users] Calling Steve Bassi

["Richard Donahue" <ebs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jalon Q. Zimmerman" <jalonz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: RE : [cobalt-users] Calling Steve Bassi


>
> >Personally I think Mailscanner needs F-Prot to be a valuable service.
> >Otherwise it's just a little spam protection and guards against some
e-mail
> >client vulnerability by removing attachments. F-Prot does a great job
with
> >Mailscanner.
>
> I would object.
>
> With its companion, spamassasin, it is an extremely effective anti-spam
> tool. RTFM  http://spamassassin.org/
>
> It does much more than just remove attachments - again, RTFM:
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/newinv4.shtml
>
>
> try this - straight from the website:
>
> "Checks and traps added for all known Outlook, Outlook Express, Internet
> Explorer and Eudora security vulnerabilities."
>
> isnt that more than just a little spam protection and attachment removal?
>
>
> sorry, you just pushed the big red button labelled "underrate one of my
> favorite apps"...
>
> :)
> jalon
>

Jalon,

As I said before, Mailscanner and SpamAssassin are separate. I was talking
about Mailscanner. Again, Mailscanner is little spam protection. No mention
of SpamAssassin.

If you use Mailscanner AND SpamAssassin then YES, it is great guarding
against spam.

Rich
EBS


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