On 4/24/2013 12:12 PM, hospice admin wrote: > Hi, > > we're having problems with an outfit called 'Bite Sized Seminars' in the > UK, who seem to be sending mail out through another company called > 'Communicado'. A quick google suggests we aren't the only ones. > > We have developed a number of rules that identify their mail by looking > for their phone numbers, common phrases, etc in their mail shots with > varying success (I'm happy to share these with anyone who may find them > helpful). > > The problem I'm trying to solve is that they seem to register hundreds > of .co.uk domains, and have access to loads of sending IPs, so I can't > just write a rule to do the obvious. I've complained about them to > Nominet, and they aren't interested ... according to them, they are > doing nothing wrong. I've also complained to various IP providers, some > of which say they will do something, but rarely do. I've even rung them > ... again ... no joy. > > Here's my question - am I missing a trick here, particularly regarding > the hundreds of domain names? For example, is it possible to do a > 'whois' and process the output in some way? > > Thanks > > Judy. >
Have you been feeding Bayes samples of these messages? I would think Bayes to be far more effective against this type of spamming (given the dynamic nature of the domains and IP addresses) than writing custom rules. -Ben
