This particular spam's text is in an image, which makes spam removers totally ineffective I am afraid.
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen A. Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Viz. the recent spam > > > Jim Dickenson wrote: >> Hi - >> >> There is a good spam remover called Ella for Spam that I have used and it is >> about 96% accurate in getting the spam and not the good emails. It's client >> only - so won't help on a server. There are server-based anti-spam programs, >> but I have not used them and from my experience with server based email >> antivirus systems the anti-spam systems will require a certain amount of >> monitoring since they will quarantine good messages at times too. >> >> For anyone interested, Ella is at: http://www.openfieldsoftware.com/ >> >> Just my 2 cents... >> > > SpamAssassin appears to be free also -- or at any rate it comes bundled > with RH Linux. It's designed for use on a server, as near as I can > tell, and in fact has the opposite problem: It's not clear how to set it > up to work with a single mail client :-( > > It's used at my company, where it seems to do a pretty good job. > >> Jim D. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Walter Faxon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 04:10 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Vo]: Viz. the recent spam >> >> >> Anybody notice this "spam" has no links, no urls? >> >> Just a few lines saying how good and cheap internet products are, followed >> by something that would appear to be an encrypted signature block, colored >> so as to be almost invisible. I used to see nonsense like this all the >> time on Usenet, though not so much anymore. >> >> But it might well not be nonsense. >> >> It might be a method for the bad guys to communicate and coordinate with >> each other. (You know, the bad guys who =don't= have access to secure >> government frequencies.) Bad guys who are too stupid, lazy or (worse) >> hurried to cover their tracks with a real advertising link. >> >> We might not be able to prevent this everywhere on the internet, but >> please, Bill, find a way to keep this stuff out of Vortex! >> >> -Walter >> >> >> >> >
