Kitty, On Tuesday, January 06, 2004, Kitty wrote in <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different > supposed authors that just have random words and nothing else. Techniques like you described are common devices intended to fool spam tools that analyze text content in message bodies. Usually, though, words like you described are followed by the "real" message or links. It's possible that the mail you received had web bugs you couldn't see, or other links. In any event, if it's really a problem, there are tools that work on that type of spam. I use SpamPal with these plug-ins: RegEx, Bayesian, and URLBody, and I have enabled several public blacklists. The combination works like a charm. I rarely ever get a message incorrectly classed as spam, and only since I've scaled back the number of public blacklists do I get the very occasional spam that sneaks through the filters. -- JN ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
