RE: This doesn't get picked up

jennifer 18 Feb 2004 16:06:11 -0000

 
> 
> Yes, I did restart the daemon.  I checked using spamassassin, 
> not spamc
> anyway, so restart of the daemon is not necessary.
> 
> However, I modified the rules a bit.  Seems that when you 
> remove the ';'
> from the rules it works.  I didn't see any ;'s in the mail 
> that was slipping
> through.
> 
> Perhaps that was the problem?


yes, that was the problem, Danie.  Don't remove the ";", make them
optional.  (at least that is what i would suggest, so that it still
catches the other form as well.)  I'll do the same for the distribution
set.

thanks,
Jennifer

> 
> Regards,
> Danie Marais
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Danie Marais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "jennifer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [Suspected SPAM] Re: This doesn't get picked up
> 
> 
> > Did you restart the SA daemon?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Danie Marais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 5:17 AM
> > To: jennifer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [Suspected SPAM] Re: This doesn't get picked up
> >
> > Thanks for that, Jennifer
> >
> > I see how this is supposed to work, but I have placed the 
> weeds.cf file
> > in
> > /etc/mail/spamassassin and made sure it has read access for 
> everybody.
> >
> > I then ran
> > spamassassin < mymessage.eml > result.txt
> >
> > And the rules were not applied.  I have attached the 
> message if you want
> > to
> > verify.  Maybe it's just me being stupid, but my other rulesets like
> > backhair and chickenpox applied in the same fashion work just fine.
> >
> > Danie
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Danie Marais'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:27 PM
> > Subject: RE: This doesn't get picked up
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I got a spam message yesterday with the following text
> > > >
> > > > "Discover the new winning sexual erection pill!
> > > > This medication picks up where Viagra stops."
> > > >
> > > > But 'viagra' was not picked up.  However, when I look at the
> > > > message source
> > > > I see this:
> > > >
> > > > <html>
> > > > <body>
> > > > Disco<eqkolpb>ver the n</nyvakro>ew winning
> > > > &#115&#101&#120&#117&#97&#108
> > > > &#32&#101&#114&#101&#99&#116&#105&#111&#110&#32&#112&#105&#108
> > > > &#108!<br>
> > > > This
> > > > &#109&#101&#100&#105&#99&#97&#116&#105&#111&#110&#32&#112&#105
> > > > &#99&#107&#115
> > > > &#32&#117&#112&#32&#119&#104&#101&#114&#101&#32&#86&#105&#97&#
> > > > 103&#114&#97
> > > > &#32&#115&#116&#111&#112&#115.<br><br>
> > > > 
> &#79&#110&#108&#121&#32&#36&#51&#32&#80&#69&#82&#32&#68&#79&#83&#69
> > > > <br><br>
> > > > <a
> > > > href="http://www.&#99&#110&#98&#114&#111&#97&#115&#116&#99&#97
> > > > &#115&#116.com
> > > > /c2/index&#46&#112&#104&#112&#63&#65&#70&#70&#95&#73&#68&#61&#
> > > > 100&#109&#53&#
> > > > 54">
> > > > &#71&#101&#116&#32&#121&#111&#117&#114&#32&#102&#114&#101&#101
> > > > &#32&#112&#114&#101&#115&#99&#114&#105&#112&#116&#105&#111&#11
> > > > 0&#32&#78&#79&
> > > > #87&#33</a>
> > > > <br><br><br>
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is there a simple way of catching this apprach?
> > >
> > > The Weeds Set (not weeds2)
> > >
> > > http://www.emtinc.net/spamhammers.htm
> > >
> > > Jennifer
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Danie Marais
> > > >
> > > >
> 
>

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