Re: username in from address

2011-03-29 Thread Per Jessen
Mark Chaney wrote: > Watch __TO_EQ_FROM_USR and __TO_EQ_FROM_USR_NN on ruleqa starting > tomorrow. The latter rule ignores trailing numbers, e.g. From: > joh...@example.com matches To: j...@other.example.org as well as To: > john6143598435623...@unrealistic.example.net. > > Is this just theory c

Re: username in from address

2011-03-29 Thread John Hardin
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Mark Chaney wrote: Watch __TO_EQ_FROM_USR and __TO_EQ_FROM_USR_NN on ruleqa starting tomorrow. The latter rule ignores trailing numbers, e.g. From: joh...@example.com matches To: j...@other.example.org as well as To: john6143598435623...@unrealistic.example.net. Is this j

Re: username in from address

2011-03-29 Thread Mark Chaney
At least to my personal email address that I have had for about 9 years now, so I use it for a lot of my testing, about 90% of spam thats getting through my regular spamassassin filters is coming from the format I described in my first email. I havent had a chance to check on my other spamassas

Re: username in from address

2011-03-23 Thread Adam Katz
On 3/22/2011 1:16 PM, Mark Chaney wrote: Ever notice that a lot of spam seems to have your username in their from address? Such as an email sent TO b...@domain.com is FROM blah...@anotherdomain.com (notice 'blah' included in the from address). On 3/22/2011 2:31 PM, Adam Katz wr

Re: username in from address

2011-03-22 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
On 3/22/2011 2:31 PM, Adam Katz wrote: On 3/22/2011 1:16 PM, Mark Chaney wrote: Ever notice that a lot of spam seems to have your username in their from address? Such as an email sent TO b...@domain.com is FROM blah...@anotherdomain.com (notice 'blah' included in the from address). This appears

Re: username in from address

2011-03-22 Thread Adam Katz
> On 3/22/2011 1:16 PM, Mark Chaney wrote: >> Ever notice that a lot of spam seems to have your username in their >> from address? Such as an email sent TO b...@domain.com is FROM >> blah...@anotherdomain.com (notice 'blah' included in the from >> address). This appears to be the case with a large

Re: username in from address

2011-03-22 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
If this sort of thing bothers you then simply use a unique or close to unique username and then put a filter in your e-mail client. send mail from: markymarkythefunkyd...@northpole.com and your guaranteed that anyone mailing you with "markymarkthefunkydude" in any part of their sending e-mail a

username in from address

2011-03-22 Thread Mark Chaney
Ever notice that a lot of spam seems to have your username in their from address? Such as an email sent TO b...@domain.com is FROM blah...@anotherdomain.com (notice 'blah' included in the from address). This appears to be the case with a large a majority of the spam that gets through my filters