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Previously on "SPAM of the day"

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  • AtW
    replied
    Those people who write tulip filtering anti-spam software deserve to walk the same plank as spammers - emails no longer reliable.

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  • Sysman
    started a topic SPAM of the day

    SPAM of the day

    Code:
    Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.example.com", has
    identified this incoming email as possible spam.
    
    <boring stuff deleted>
    
    Content analysis details:   (9.2 points, 4.0 required)
    
    pts rule name              description
    ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
    1.7 URIBL_DBL_SPAM         Contains an URL listed in the DBL blocklist
                               [URIs: some-spammer-addy]
    1.4 FSL_HELO_BARE_IP_1     FSL_HELO_BARE_IP_1
    1.2 RCVD_HELO_IP_MISMATCH  Received: HELO and IP do not match, but should
    0.9 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO      Received: contains an IP address used for HELO
    0.6 URIBL_SBL              Contains an URL listed in the SBL blocklist
                               [URIs: some-spammer-addy]
    0.0 HTML_MESSAGE           BODY: HTML included in message
    0.0 HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST BODY: HTML font color similar to background
    1.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY         BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts
    1.1 DCC_CHECK              Listed in DCC (another-addy/anti-spam/dcc/)
    1.1 SUBJ_ILLEGAL_CHARS     Subject: has too many raw illegal characters
    0.1 SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING
    All in all, a weak attempt

    Snigger. The "illegal characters" in the subject line was a Euro symbol

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