For stuff like this, I think the only thing I would maybe like to see is a comment in the file that indicates it could be an issue and where to comment it out. This makes everybody happy. You get to stay a hard @zz. And the folks that use BE are empowered to edit or skip the section that is known to possibly cause a problem in some environments.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Santerre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Spamassassin-Talk (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:11 AM Subject: When subscribe to ham uses an ad from a spammer???? > I got a report of a bigevil FP. However, it technically isn't. > www.masterytv.net is an mlm spammer. No doubt about it. They have sent UCE > and UBE to users of my company who did NOT optin or signup for their emails. > I'll pull up spams if you doubt me, which I don't think you will :) > > So why the reported FP? Well they have an advertisement in a legit signup > ham. Granted it was one of those fruity dailyinbox.com chicken soup for the > soul which was 90% ads. But they have never spammed a user here. > > So what to do? If every spammer in bigevil was to get a legit sender to take > an ad from them, then they would all be FPs? I can't bow down to that! More > likely the users who dailyinbox.com "Chicken oup for the soul" should > contact dailyinbox.com and tell them they are getting marked as spam because > of someone they are advertising....a spammer! > > Does that make sense? I'm I becoming a hardened and jaded hard @zz like the > guys on SPAM-L? ;) > > Chris Santerre > System Admin and SA Custom Rules Emporium keeper > http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/sa_rules.htm > 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, > not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.' > Charles Darwin >
