-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:13:32 +0100 > Von: Tony Earnshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: > CC: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [dspam-users] EICAR equivalent for spam
> Steve skrev, on 26-11-2007 19:48: > > [...] > > > Sorry but I don't get your point. I was under the impression that the OP > wanted to have a unique and consistent way to flag a message as spam with > DSPAM. The purpose of the OP is to have a way to test that DSPAM works > correctly (like SpamAssassin offers with GTUBE (the Generic Test for > Unsolicited Bulk Email) string > "XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X"). > > I am under the impression that the OP does not want to substitute an AV > with DSPAM. Correct me if I am wrong. > > To my (tiny) mind (you're a great deal more gifted than me), OP is > trying to equate AV salients to dspam. > > To my (tiny) mind, anything with AV has *nothing* to do with dspam. > SpamAssassin might pretend to, dunno, since I gave it up long ago in > utter disgust in favor of dspam for many reasons, but where OP's > reasoning shoots far too short, is that there is anything in common with > the criteria for dspam judging spam and *any* AV software judging virus. > > Hmmm ... > > OP, my (not so) humble advice: > > DO NOT TRY TO EQUATE ANYTHING (*NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING*) TO DO WITH > AV TO DSPAM. Do not even try. > > They have *nothing* to do with each other. There is (to my tiny mind) > *NO* point in trying to equate one to the other. > > I'm an LDAP person, others are SQL people. DO NOT TRY TO EQUATE ANYTHING > (*NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING*) TO DO WITH LDAP TO SQL. Do not even try. > This is a parallel. > > Etc. > > >> Sorry, but this is flogging a dead horse (as we in the knacker's trade > >> express it). > > > > Sure it is "flogging a dead horse" if the plan of the OP is to > substitute/replace an AV with DSPAM. That would be insane. > > Even comparing AV to anti-spam , or attempting to find common threads > (at least as dspam is concerned) witnesses great confusion. SpamAssassin > people might consider otherwise. > TOOOONNNI! You made my day! Thanks :) > --Tonni > Steve > -- > Tony Earnshaw > Email: tonni at hetnet dot nl -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser
