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Too Much Obvious Spam, What Can Be Done?

CBeyer
Just a sample of the messages (subjects) I received today:


  • LAST-DAY: You currently-have $155 in Walmart-Reward Points: Redeem-Today from Walmart Points Center 
  • Garage door repair services from Garage Door Fixes 
  • New phone features boost productivity from Telephone Systems 
  • Always-Wanted to Drive a Ferrari? Rent-an-Exotic Car from Exotic Car Rental 
  • Hot Vacation-Specials to Costa Rica from Costa Rica Trips 


This comes in every few minutes, not only to me, but the exact messages to everyone in the office (some 80+ employees).

We currently run PureMessage 3.1.3 for Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2. This wasn't an issue a few months back, just recently. How do such obvious spam messages get through? Is there any way to combat it? We're talking 30 - 40 messages a day multiplied by 80+ users... Sorry, but that should invalidate your product as a Spam Filter...

Any thoughts, any avenues I can turn to get a resolution to this?


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    Step 1 is very easy and takes almost no time at all, Clay.  That's the easiest way to get their patterns into the system.  It doesn't punish the criminals, but it does force them to invest in testing new emails to avoid being rejected.

    Cheers - Bob
     
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    Step 1 is very easy and takes almost no time at all, Clay.  That's the easiest way to get their patterns into the system.  It doesn't punish the criminals, but it does force them to invest in testing new emails to avoid being rejected.

    Cheers - Bob
     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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