Well as long as we are off topic (spam filters) Ill weigh in here. Yes spam filters on content can be quite useful I filter all emails with the following words or phrases in the body of the email VIAGRA, Animal-sex , 0.00% , mortgate, You've been approved, I am the widow of , and work from home.
So I would disagree it is possible to determie is something is spam via content.. at least in some cases.. Just my two cents.. ahhh once in a while I actually get to have some fun on this list.. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate this month and belated to those who celebrated last month.. Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 > m > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >www.OutreachNetworks.com 313.297.9900 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >JabberID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Advocate of the Theocratic Rule > > > >
