Thanks Declan, I think I get it now.
Jim
From: Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Virus Question (was Hi Bruceb) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 01:33:21 -0800
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 02:28:21PM -0800, Tim Johnson enlightened us thusly
> Hello Group,
> I don't mean to start an off topic thread on this but the latest spam
> message is
> a good example of something that I have been curious about lately.
> What is the purpose of the odd, random words included in the mail.
> I have also noticed it in the file name of and "Adult" files I have seen on
> file server sites while surfing for MP3's.
There are programs like spamassassin for detecting spam which rely on content, and even subject. So your choice of subject was unwise.
With Spamassassin, the default is that a score of +5 = spam. You then make and use the rules that suit this. So one would attach a negative score to normal words never expected in a spam mail, and a positive score to spam features (v i a g r a, etc). Spammers hope to fool these programs by having a 'pseudo normal' mail
http://eu.spamassassin.org/ --
With best Regards,
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