Ok, maybe I overdo exclamation points.  As for it tripping off spam filters?
 It isn't possible to determine if something is spam via content, and you
should 
probably rethink it.

The best way *I* have heard of getting rid of spam is reverse IP resolution
and/or checking certain rules that most email routines follow.  this gets
rid of cloaked sites, local mail servers off dialup, and several others.

Steve

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:52:31 -0500
>From: "Eric L. Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: OT - Re: New Client Code 2.6
>
>
>At a certain time, now past, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thusly:
>> This is a common problem!  It is caused by TUCOWS naming their file wrong,
>> and probably ALSO the mime codes on their and/or your end!  In answer
to
>> your question, my IE browser has the problem, my netscape one does NOT!
>>  On yours it could affect the other one or both.
>> 
>> FIRST of all, there is a 50% chance your file is ****NOT**** corrupted!
>>  Try reading it as a TAR file with NO compression!
>> 
>> You probably already figured out the problem from that solution!
>> 
>> MIME codes can cause problems.  I had one product set one of my browsers
>> up with a routine to download ebk files.  When I tried to download an
ebk
>> file for ANOTHER product, it was corrupted.  My only easy solution at
THAT
>> point was to use another browser.  THEN, It worked fine!
>> 
>> WHY does this happen?  Somebody got the bright idea that they could speed
>> up the internet by having on the fly decompression of files.  Those downloads
>> COULD have been pictures on a website!
>> 
>> What can TUCOWS do to fix the problem?  Simply give the file a .tgz extension!
>>  That will defeat this problem, AND make the format clear to everyone!
>> 
>> Steve
>
>Did all these crazy exclamation points trip off anyone's SPAMAssassin rules?
>
>       ~elh
>
>-- 
>Eric L. Howard           e l h @ o u t r e a c h n e t w o r k s . c o
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