At the same volume level, I see thirty times more legitimate messages with a leading space in the subject message. Most are from users, with one to three leading spaces. Three different legitimate "news alerts" are using up to 6 leading spaces, presumably to make their subject line stand out in the recipient's mail client.
For every message with a leading space that was legitimate, there was an even number that was spam. In a similar vein, there were twice as many spams (or viruses?) that had a blank subject line, all of which were annihilated by ip4r tests. I won't be creating a rule that involves a leading space in the subject. YYMV... Andrew 8) p.s. We're a real estate company (and then some) -----Original Message----- From: Markus Gufler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] SPACE character > I have been seeing more spam where the subject line is a single space. Really? >From over 20.000 messages in the last 2 days I can see only two (legit!) messages having an initial space in the subject line. Markus --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
