On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:41:16PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 16:38, security snot wrote: > > > > Recently I've also observed certain advances on bypassing spam filters, > > which are being actively exploited out in the wild. Since this is > > apparently a serious security-related matter (unsolicited email) I thought > > I might share the body of this email with this list, so that everyone can > > know what to watch out for in the future, and begin to develop better > > antispam security filters. > > > None of this will get past Bayesian filters.
However, a related technique which I've seen lately is that of appending a couple of paragraphs of non-spam text, in an attempt to out-weigh the spamminess of the other content. It's clear that (at least some of) the spammers to enough experimenting to conclude that this works against some spam-defense systems. -- David Maxwell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Although some of you out there might find a microwave oven controlled by a Unix system an attractive idea, controlling a microwave oven is easily accomplished with the smallest of microcontrollers. - Russ Hersch - (Microcontroller primer and FAQ) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
