>We've got a new complaint about yahoo groups mail rejecting so I went >looking for the specific reason. > >The REJECT is coming from a line in header_checks.regexp > >Could someone , who's brain is firing on all cylinders , explain this >regular expression and why it is considered SPAM-ish? > >/^Subject:.*( |\.\.\.\.\.\.|\. \. \. \. \. \.|\-\-\-\-\-\-|_____)/ >REJECT ACL 3
because there was period some time ago where spammers would park an ID or s/n or tracking way out on the right end of the Subject: line, esp spaces, but others were used. how many legit from sane people have Subject:'s have 6 or more repeating characters? ..... . . . . . . -------- _________ ... Spielberg wannabe's putting special text f/x in their subjects. as always, if it bothers you, #comment it. Len
