Author Archives: Dave Warren (everything-mdaemon.com)

Semaphore file generator

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jrlopezp has created two tools to assist with the creation of semaphore files, a system tray tool and a command line tool.

The system tray version now supports command lines options, so this is likely the best solution.

Release Notes:
[July/02/2005 – 1.3.0.0]
the program now accepts command switches for the creation of the semaphore files so now you can create schedule batch files and take advantage of thie new feature.

example: “c:\mdsemgen /a” (assuming MDsemgen.exe is located in C:\) will create an ALIAS.SEM in the APP folder.

For a list of available switches you can type “mdsemgen /?” or “mdsemgen /help”

UPDATE (2008/06/03): Version 2.0 has been released, see the update.

MD-MRTG Version 1.10

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MD-MRTG Version 1.10
Copyright 2006 by Dave Koontz

Here is the newest version of MD-MRTG designed to work with the new Counter Systems in MDaemon v9.0 and higher. It is important to note that this version will not work with previous versions of MDaemon.

1.10 February 1st, 2006
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– *** This version will NOT work on versions of MDaemon prior to 9.0 ***
– MDaemon 9.0 & Higher Support (Beta 9.00i and up)
– Code changed to reflect new MDaemon GUICounts.dat file (stat location)
– MultiPop messages are now relfected in SMTP-IN counts
– Junk Percentage Stats no longer include emails in Bad Message Que
– Junk Percentage stats more accurate (thanks sysadmin_at_dsty.ac.jp)
– VB Script Code Reformatted and conventions more consistent between scripts

ORDB.org blacklisting all IP addresses

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Since yesterday, March 25 ORDB.org – one of the old SPAM blacklist databases – started to blacklist all IP addresses. As a result, all mail servers using a spam filtering solution that still references ORDB (relays.ordb.org) started to immediately block all incoming e-mails. I got some reports into my personal e-mail yesterday, that finally got fixed by my provider today.

If you’re running MDaemon 9.60 or newer (released June 12, 2007) then MDaemon’s installer automatically removed relays.ordb.org from your spam blocker configuration, but if you’re on an earlier version you might want to double check your configuration.

To check to see whether or not you’re using ORDB, open the MDaemon GUI, go to the Security menu, look for either “DNS Blacklist” (in newer versions) or “Spam Blocker” (older versions), and see if you see any mention of “ordb.org” in your list — If you find it, select and remove that entry and you should be good to go.

Although ORDB.org was shut down on December 18, 2006, yesterday they changed their behaviour, and instead of timing out, they are blocking all IP addresses, that is, every e-mail server queried is being reported as an open relay — Depending on your configuration, this may result in all mail being blocked, or it may simply increase the chances that legitimate mail is treated as spam.