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> 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

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