On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 23:36 +0100, RW wrote: > On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:40:11 -0700 (PDT) <sa...@linuxmagic.com> wrote: > > > Slightly old thread, but we should clear any misconceptions.
Indeed, it is. A *year* old. > > MagicSpam is NOT anything like SpamAssassin. LinuxMagic has been Thanks for pointing that out. So you still need SA. ;) > > developing Anti-Spam solutions for the ISP and Telco markets for > > quite some time, focusing on the SMTP transaction layer. This > > approach gives a more 'Zero Day' style protection, as it can identify > > spam sources prior to accepting the email, reducing backscatter and > > overhead. > > None of that really distinguishes it from SpamAssassin, people have > been using SA that way for many years. What I like most is the quotes around the "zero day" used by sales. Yes, indeed, sales! :) Which eloquently points out the fact is has nothing, really nada, to do with the term "zero day" as used by anyone into security. Thanks for highlighting the buzz-words. -- char *t="\10pse\0r\0dtu...@ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4"; main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1: (c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}