Creating URL Domain Black List with antispamseeder.exe

The easiest method to create a URL Domain Black List is to use the antispamseeder.exe utility. Antispamseeder will extract the domain names from the HTML code of collected spam messages. The procedure for doing this is described below.

Creating/Updating the URL Domain Black List Using Antispamseeder

Enter the following command:

Antispamseeder.exe –lo -e<exclude> –h<hostname> - m<mailbox>

Where:

Example:

Suppose you have a host named "Host1", and want to update the URL Domain Black List using the messages in a mailbox called "spam". You have also created an exclude file called excludedomains.txt. Enter the following command:

antispamseeder.exe –lo -eexcludedomains.txt –hHost1 –mC:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Collaboration Suite\IMail\Host1\Users\root\spam.mbx

What happens when I run this command?

Antispamseeder examines each message in the "spam" mailbox for HTML code, specifically HREF and IMG SRC tags. When one of these tags is found, the primary domain name is extracted from it and added to the URL Domain Black List. The new URL domain names will appear under the DNS Black Lists on the Antispam tab > Connection Checks.

Notes:
If a domain name is preceded by www, this section is dropped when the domain name is added to the URL Domain Link list by antispamseeder.

We recommend that you add your domain name to the exclude file. Unless you are certain that a domain name does not exist in the mailbox you are using with antispamseeder, you should include the –e<exclude> parameter every time you run a mailbox through antispamseeder with the –l or –lo parameter.

How do I know which domains to enter?

You should begin collecting spam in a mailbox or use a spam mailbox that you already have. Since most spam contains URL links, you can use these messages to update the URL Domain Black List with antispamseeder.

Related Topics

Simultaneously Merging URL Domain Links and the Antispam-table.txt files

Antispamseeder Parameters

Preparing mailboxes to use with antispamseeder

Creating an Exclude File