http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4045
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-12-23 06:46 ------- > Unfortunately, SpamAssasin is not one of them. > Between one third and one half of the SPAM we get uses > randumb (pun intended) characters in the name field of the > return-path. > I quickly found that it would be easier to look for multiple > consonants as most had 4 or more in a row, and only a few had > only 3 in a row. > And i agree concerning Polish and similar languages, so i added > the suggestion of a table lookup for exceptions. > An alternate route may be an algorithm to detect random > characters - to be used only in the 3-character case. > We have yet to see even one "false positive" that was used > as one excuse to not even try; the second one was "spammers would > only adapt". > So without this screening, they most certainly will *not* adapt. If you feel that this rule will be effective for your site's e-mail, you are free to add such a rule to your local configuration. However, I will point out that it will hit your own e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) four times: ams ssl sll llc. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
