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Preventing Database mail being blocked by spam filter

  • November 28, 2006 at 6:50 am

    #115188

    Folks,

    I know this is probably on for the system admin, but I'd trying to help him out if I can. Is there any way I can configure the SQL 2005 database mail profiles or do anything else to prevent our Exchange intelligent filtering from blocking our internal auto-emails?

    We cannot lower our exchange filter levels due to the amount of spam we would get. Does the the actual content of the auto-email have a contribution to the spam/not-spam decision?

    Thanks

    Mick

     

  • November 28, 2006 at 7:27 am

    #674335

    Can you add the e-mail of the server to a white list?

  • November 28, 2006 at 8:14 am

    #674365

    Im told the filter does not work that way.

  • November 28, 2006 at 8:27 am

    #674377

    Can't say I have any other ideas... What else did he propose?. Let us know how that turns out.

  • November 28, 2006 at 8:29 am

    #674378

    Wow.. I wish they would add some of our internal emails to the spam list!

  • November 28, 2006 at 8:38 am

    #674387

    Ninja,

    It was originally a problem with a third party com mailer. I hoped that by using Database mail, exchange would have higher trust in the SQL instance as the mail originator.

    I read elsewhere that the length of the mail and various keywords can class a mail as spam by the filter. I was hoping to shape the mail in accordance.

    I thought that maybe using impersonation or by setting the profile to use another account might work.

    Anyway, I guess he is going to have to work this one out himself.

    Cheers Folks.

  • November 28, 2006 at 8:47 am

    #674394

    Alright, I guess this one is somewhat out of our hands !

  • November 28, 2006 at 8:51 am

    #674397

    Kali.. yes the IMF uses a whole boatload of traits to determine the emails probability of being spam.. I think it would be pretty hard to craft an email that would avoid being tagged as spam.. However I would think if you used an exchange profile (Not sure if 2k5 can do this) that the IMF would never tag an internal Exchange source as spam. Just a thought..

  • November 28, 2006 at 12:19 pm

    #674484

    is it blocking it as spam or is it a relay issue? similar solutions but if your server is not on the allow to relay list then its email won't be relayed within the email system

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