Scott, Thanks! It looks like the valid ones are failing with SpamHeader and OSSRC. All have a weight of around 8 but don't exceed 10.
I'll try the weight tests. Thanks! Mark Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. > Scott Perry > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 8:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] List servers... > > > > >Has anyone come up with a good solution to allow legitimate list > >servers to pass through junkmail? > > There are two ways to attack this. First is to see what > tests they are > failing, and why; the second is to figure out a way to whitelist them. > > >For example, the subscription list for USAirways, .NET Insight, > >Continental airlines are valid lists but show up with spamheaders. > > First, I should mention that it is not uncommon for E-mail to > fail the > SPAMHEADERS test. It's designed to find spam-like headers > that are not > sent by most normal legitimate mail clients. However, a lot > of companies > in the past have tried to save money by hiring a web > developer to write > their SMTP software, without even looking at the SMTP specs > to see how to > do it. They typically ask their friends or use packet > sniffers or whatever > to guess how it should work. Typically, they get it about > 1/2 right -- > good enough to be technically valid (passing the BADHEADERS > test), but not > close enough to being a normal E-mail that it will pass the > SPAMHEADERS test. > > >05/14/2002 01:44:31 Qa43d060103445551 OSSRC:5 SPAMHEADERS:3 . Total > >weight = 8 > > One option would be to use the weighting system, and not take > action on > E-mail until a weight of 10 is hit (or allow mail failin gthe > SPAMHEADERS > test to go through). > > Or, you could work on whitelisting the E-mail (either by looking for > something unique to the USAirways E-mails, or something more > generic that > would work with many mailing lists). > -Scott > > --- > [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". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for > assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.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". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
