Category Archives: OwnWebNow

Vlad Megapresentation Tonight – You’re invited

Exchange, ExchangeDefender, OwnWebNow, Shockey Monkey
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I was invited to present content at Sacramento SBS User Group and Kansas City SBS User Group a while ago. I didn’t add either to my calendar, so when both Karl and Jason emailed me yesterday to see if I … Continue reading

On Microsoft

Microsoft, OwnWebNow
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Just wanted to clear the air a little because I got an email from a Microsoft PM today that said, paraphrasing “We want to keep you as an MVP and a fan of the product”. So for him and all … Continue reading

ExchangeDefender v3 – Take a look!

Exchange, ExchangeDefender, OwnWebNow
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It gives me great pleasure to announce that ExchangeDefender v3 is up and running and we’re taking a few days off  Seriously, this has been a long development cycle and a big source of pride for us is that the … Continue reading

Big Pimpin’

OwnWebNow
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This is a business post, as you can tell by the category, but I didn’t think that the title was appropriate for the Own Web Now Corp blog. So here goes the pitch, I’m interested in your feedback if you’re … Continue reading

Form SPAM out of control

ExchangeDefender, IT Business, OwnWebNow
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Over at OwnWebNow and ExchangeDefender we have forms that allow our customers to request a callback.. so instead of calling us and leaving a message or sending appointment requests they can just tell us when to call them. Sounds good, … Continue reading

Day in a life of a spam killer: pre-greeting traffic

ExchangeDefender, OwnWebNow
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Yesterday we implemented some new magic against tar-pitting smashers and man does it make a difference: Since noon EST we have rejected an average of 46,128 messages per-node. We then ran a report – 100% of the IP addresses that had their email rejected had mail … Continue reading

Adjustments to Tarpitting for ExchangeDefender

ExchangeDefender, OwnWebNow
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Earlier today we have made some significant changes to the tar-pitting mechanism under ExchangeDefender. The new mechanism is designed to reject messages from hosts that do not follow the proper RFC SMTP dialog and attempt to smash tar-pitting. More on … Continue reading