Spam - Cloudmark Desktop equivalent (spam filter addon)

I understand there are a lot of threads about spam, we all hate it and we all want to get rid of it... this thread is about finding a Cloudmark Desktop plugin equivalent for the MAC OS.
I'm a switcher, and with outlook on the pc i was able to use this nifty tool to get rid of spam for the most part. currently i end up with 200 spam emails on average per day using Mail on the mac. For a little while i've tried using the onboard spam learning filters, but i've stopped using them as i'm trying afraid of missing legit emails so i'm trying to find a solution much like I had before with Cloudmark.
Or... maybe the solution is a simple one... learn the Mail filers better?
Thank you for your time, and any help or light you can shine upon this everlasting subject.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Rick,
In response to:
Mmmm, no I'm not here to teach you how to run a
public internet mail server
(public-to-the-internet).
You should have learned mailserver basics before you
started running a public server.
Horde and Squirrel are not mail servers. They are
WebMail or IMAP clients.
Email server software for Linux might be 'qmail',
'postfix'.
Correct, Horde etc. are my webmail clients. I mentioned these because I assumed you wanted to get in to the SpamAssassin and BoxTrapper configurations.
My mail server is exim 4.63.
SpamAssassin and BoxTrapper are both good. They will
very rarely let you "lose" mail, depending on your
configuration.
If you installed all these applications to work
side-by-side with your mailserver, I would have
expected more informed answers (But that's not bad!)
My apologies.
Filtering that happens on the server can solve much
of your 200-Junk-Mails-per-day.
You just have a lot to learn. And we're getting off
topic.
If I knew everything, I wouldn't be asking questions
We weren't wasting time.
You got some good suggestions about Cloudmark
replacements.
(spamfire, spamsieve)
We had a little chat about filtering being done on
the server.
We were starting to drift off the subject.
I was referring to not intending on wasting your personal time as some your responses seem a little rough around the edges.
You simply couldn't answer questions about your mail
server, that you should have known the answer for
(name of email server software, etc).
No biggie.
... Exim 4.63
Check my profile, and drop me a note off-list, if you
want some different tips or help with your server.
I appreciate the offer.
For anyone following this topic I've done the following:
- Decided not to purchase a third party spam filter addon at this time.
- Although I've looked in to server side SpamAssassin and BoxTrapper configurations, I've decided to not use either of these for now as I'm trying to teach Mac Mail's spam filter the ropes. I always hesitate to auto-delete emails in fear I might miss something. Being that I normally use Mac Mail, I'd have to sift through the **SPAM** mails generated by SpamAssassin anyways. As I'm teaching Mail to identify spam, I don't think counting one then the other would do anything more than confuse the process and make more work for me in the long run. (I could be wrong.)
- Using exclusively Mac Mail's spam filter I've manually sifted through over 7,000 spam messages in hopes to teach the software what I'm looking for it to identify.
- Of these 7,000 spam messages, I 'bounced' them all back using Mail... every one of them. This was done somewhat out of frustration, but if I understand this correctly spammers don't want to waste their time and resources emailing bad emails. By bouncing emails back to the source (if the spam email was valid) I'm hoping to get knocked off spam lists over time. I had a brief concern of server load, but everything was smooth. A drawback is many of the spam emails are not valid, so getting many returned mails is part of the process, and honestly it's worth it. (for me)
- I don't think my spam problem will ever go away entirely. I'll always have to manually scan all emails at least briefly. The hope is to get Mail's spam filter accurate so suspected spam is in a spam box, and my regular mail boxes are clean. When it's time to manually scan the junk mail box, in time it should be pretty quick.
Thank you to everyone's helpful responses, as Rick mentioned indeed I have much to learn!

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alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
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allow_mail_to_files = alias, forward
allow_min_user = no
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allow_untrusted_routing = no
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biff = yes
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bounce_queue_lifetime = 5d
bounce_service_name = bounce
bounce_size_limit = 50000
broken_sasl_auth_clients = no
canonical_maps =
cleanup_service_name = cleanup
command_directory = /usr/sbin
command_expansion_filter = 1234567890!@%-_=+:,./abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
command_time_limit = 1000s
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content_filter =
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
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debug_peer_level = 2
debug_peer_list =
default_database_type = hash
default_delivery_slot_cost = 5
default_delivery_slot_discount = 50
default_delivery_slot_loan = 3
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default_destination_recipient_limit = 50
default_extra_recipient_limit = 1000
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lmtp_rcpt_timeout = 300s
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queue_run_delay = 1000s
queue_service_name = qmgr
rbl_reply_maps =
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receive_override_options =
recipient_bcc_maps =
recipient_canonical_maps =
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relay_transport = relay
relayhost =
relocated_maps =
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resolve_dequoted_address = yes
resolve_null_domain = no
rewrite_service_name = rewrite
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sender_based_routing = no
sender_bcc_maps =
sender_canonical_maps =
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
service_throttle_time = 60s
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showq_service_name = showq
smtp_always_send_ehlo = yes
smtp_bind_address =
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smtp_data_done_timeout = 600s
smtp_data_init_timeout = 120s
smtp_data_xfer_timeout = 180s
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smtp_enforce_tls = no
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smtp_host_lookup = dns
smtp_line_length_limit = 990
smtp_mail_timeout = 300s
smtp_mx_address_limit = 0
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smtp_pix_workaround_delay_time = 10s
smtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time = 500s
smtp_quit_timeout = 300s
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smtp_randomize_addresses = yes
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smtp_rset_timeout = 120s
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smtp_skip_5xx_greeting = yes
smtp_skip_quit_response = yes
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smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions = $mynetworks
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smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net permit
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smtpd_delay_reject = yes
smtpd_enforce_tls = no
smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s
smtpd_etrn_restrictions =
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smtpd_helo_required = no
smtpd_helo_restrictions =
smtpd_history_flush_threshold = 100
smtpd_junk_command_limit = 100
smtpd_noop_commands =
smtpd_null_access_lookup_key =
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smtpd_policy_service_max_ttl = 1000s
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smtpd_timeout = 300s
smtpd_tls_CAfile =
smtpd_tls_CApath =
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smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtpd_tls_ccert_verifydepth = 5
smtpd_tls_cert_file =
smtpd_tls_cipherlist =
smtpd_tls_dcert_file =
smtpd_tls_dh1024_param_file =
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smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0
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smtpd_tls_req_ccert = no
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database =
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_tls_wrappermode = no
smtpd_use_pw_server = yes
smtpd_use_tls = no
soft_bounce = no
stale_lock_time = 500s
strict_7bit_headers = no
strict_8bitmime = no
strict_8bitmime_body = no
strict_mime_encoding_domain = no
strict_rfc821_envelopes = no
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tls_daemon_random_bytes = 32
tls_daemon_random_source =
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tls_random_prng_update_period = 60s
tls_random_reseed_period = 3600s
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trigger_timeout = 10s
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unknown_client_reject_code = 450
unknown_hostname_reject_code = 450
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 550
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unverified_sender_reject_code = 450
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virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps
virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000
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virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit
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virtual_mailbox_base =
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virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000
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virtual_mailbox_maps =
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_transport = virtual
virtual_uid_maps =
TIA for an help!
Andrew

To get the queue going, issue:
sudo postsuper -r ALL
That said, I would think you initially introduced a typo in amavisd.conf. Next you probably restored amavisd and amavisd.conf files which were incompatible with each other and/or amavis incompatible with the updated perl modules of the latest security update.
To fix things, I would re-apply the latest combo updater and security updates (assuming you are running stock versions and have not installed your own versions of amavisd, etc).
If things still do not work, please post the output of:
amavisd -V

Is there a limit to number of conditions I can set in Mail's spam filter?

There seems to be a limit to the amount of conditions I can set in Mail's spam filter. ie there's no scroll bar down the side - the list just goes as long as my computer monitor's length will allow, and that's it.
Is that right - or is there a way to set more than about 28 conditions (in my case).

Tim,
yes, you can add more conditions (I don't know whether this is a limit or not) using AppleScript - the problem with the approach is that you will have somewhat of a hard time editing the rule in Mail after that as the buttons at the bottom of the window will no longer be accessible...
Look at the following AppleScript as an example on how to add a new condition to a rule called "Junk Rule"
Click to open this script in your Script Editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:500px">tell application "Mail"
tell rule "Junk Rule"
set theNewCondition to make new rule condition at end of rule conditions
tell theNewCondition
set rule type to subject header
set expression to "viagra"
set qualifier to does contain value
end tell
end tell
end tell</pre>
Andreas

Email SPAM filter doesn't work

Is the webmail SPAM filter supposed to ... like ... prevent SPAM? I get the same SPAM every day. The SPAM button does nothing,

I have been marking about 30 per day as spam and forwarding all of them to the address that Verizon says is for undetected spam. The spam I get is all from the same outfit, I believe, based on the uniformity of how they package their notes and the fact that all of the links are spoofed. One would think that after 30 a day for several months, somebody in Verizon would wake up to the fact that Verizon users are getting killed with spam. One would think that if they truly cared about our email experience they would have an army of folks jumping on the spam we forward to them, aggressively pursuing it and working to reduce it. The fact is that they show no evidence of putting forth ANY effort at making our experience better.
The fact seems to be that they have little concern for their email users. The more of us that stick with Verizon for our home internet service, paying them their monthly fee, but jump to other, better email providers merely means less work for them. Not a bad model for making maximum profit, but a sucky way to treat customers.
My Verizon Wireless service has been fantastic. But my Verizon phone/internet service sucks. I'm just waiting until another provider is available in my area so I can leave Verizon forever. Lousy support, uncaring employees. I send in notes to them and get zero response. Look at the complaints in these forums that continue to rack up. Almost no response from the company. We're all left to try to deal with our problems ourselves with only minimal support. Probably some intern that spends his/her shift playing Angry Birds.

Messages released from spam filter do not appear in mailbox IF released more than once.

PLEASE HELP!! We use the Mailfoundry 2100 spam filter appliance in our organization. We are looking at alternatives for how we handle messages that this unit classifies as spam. We are running Exchange 2010 SP3 next inline to the Mailfoundry.
Here is the issue. When a message is quarantined on the spam filter, the recipient is notified and given the option to release the message so that it comes into their mailbox. That works fine... THE FIRST TIME they do it.
If the same user, for any reason needs to go back and release the same message again, it DOES NOT make it to their mailbox.
Here is the catch. Every time the message is released, it is making it to the Journaling Mailbox.
So to clarify what's happening, if I release a message from our spam filter for the second time, the message shows up again in the journaling mailbox, but it DOES NOT show up in my mailbox. It works the first time, but after that, it does not.
I have used all of the Exchange Toolbox options to try to find the issue, but to this point nothing has helped. I hoping some of you Exchange Guru's can help me out here.
Chris V

I have looked at the logs and here is the only difference I see. I must add that you should read each entry from the bottom to the top. If reading it this way, you will see that the second line is missing the name of the server on the failed (2nd) message
release. Any ideas?
Here is another one I released 3 times.

SPAM filter setting for CRES secure e-mail

I am using Ironport strictly as an outgoing e-mail encryption engine. We use a different incoming spam filter (Barracuda). I would like to be able to go to the CRES site and send an encrypted message to our internal domain so users can establish their CRES credentials. However, the anti-spoofing rules on the Barracuda block the incoming mail because the domain it was from is our internal domain. I have whitelisted the mx-res.cisco.com address, 216.206.186.134, but I am still receiving block messages like below (I removed the actual e-mail address):
Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
Subject: Test 1
Sent: 10/15/2009 7:36 AM
The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:
(removed) on 10/15/2009 7:36 AM
The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator.
mx1.res.cisco.com #5.0.0 smtp; 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'Blocked\x00\x006' (delivery attempts: 0)
First of all, are there other IP addresses I should be whitelisting for Cisco RES outbound e-mail mail servers? What else do I need to do? I don't want to turn of the anti-spoofing, due to the spam we would receive.

With the recent CRES upgrade IP address range used for mail delivery has changed. Please refer the below posting.
https://www.ironportnation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1482
Best,
Kishore

Spam filter for email server

Depends on what you want to pay. There are various ways of doing this.
1. block at your firewall. I have a watchguard and this acts as my first line of defense.
2. Install an app on your mail server - I have Symantic for Exchange as my second line
but then you can go and signup to outside organisations such as messagelabs to handle all your filtering for you.

hi all,
im running postfix+dovecot for an email server and i want a spam filter to go infront of postfix so it can filter out spam before it gets anywhere near my email server
also i imagine with spam filters you can set your own spam policies and allow good senders and block bad senders
many thanks
rob
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Spam filter never learns to filter most addresses

Repeatedly, day after day, I have marked emails from certain addresses as spam but the next day they are back in my inbox. My Verizon Yahoo account learned these immediately. I hate wading through more spam than necessary. Why is the spam filter not working properly yet?

You might have better luck setting up a filter and/or adding the address(es) to your Blocked Senders list. The Spam Detector doesn't block based on sender, but on content of the message.
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Barracuda spam filter not downloading mail to xserve - smtp problem?

Hi-
We just had to upgrade from 10.3 to 10.5 last week (a nightmare that seems to be continuing). We seem to be up and running but there is a weeks accumulation of mail on our barracuda spam filter thzt is not coming through plus any new e-amil from outside the network. Mail seems to be working okay from within the doman. I did a serveradmin check on mail and it is running. In looking through other posts I tried to telnet into the smtp port. I get a timeout when I try to connect from another machine. When I try through localhost I get:
sh-3.2# telnet localhost smtp
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Can't assign requested address
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Can't assign requested address
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 xserve.testeq.com ESMTP Postfix
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
The mail.log file does show that the Barracuda is connecting but possibly intermitently?
Of course there could be another problem involved but does anyone have an idea of what may be happening?
Thanks,
Alan Husby
Test Equipment Corporation
Any ideas as to why this should be happening?

Okay - I found a problem with /private/anvil, added anvil line to master.cf and then ran the /etc/postfix/post-install script - Are there any other post install scripts that no one saw fit to put in the documentation that need to run?
I can now connect to the smtp port from another machine. I still get the above errors when I connect to localhost (but it does connect, I forgot to mention above). Still no sign of the weeks worth of mail backed up on the barracuda...

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