Proxy scanning for spam

Tue Jul 6 05:37:43 UTC 2004

Christopher,

I meant option #1.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher L. Morrow [mailto:christopher.morrow at mci.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:36 PM
To: Christopher J. Wolff
Cc: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: Proxy scanning for spam

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Christopher J. Wolff wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> If I have a network segment connected to a BGP peer, is there a way that I
> can hang a box of some kind off of that segment that will sniff out and
> block malicious/spam email before it hits the customers?

Do you mean a host that can have all tcp/25 routed to it, transparently
pick-up/scan/re-deliver emails for your customers? or did you mean
something you could add to your customer relay boxes? (or your MX hosts
that customers use) Or thirdly, something to protect the internet from
your users?