> > > > > > R0lGODdhuAGkAYAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAuAGkAQAC/owRiGetqYBcTiZ2j3X6wZ9dHgdZlOlFZbdM > > > psi4DXlWbgvW2oyH8b+ZiB6bDCpUlM2WQeEnGRNCe6TfE2Z13lrNSulFC4OYYOaXDE7KUDVixD3k > > > > It seems to me it would be less machine effort to look for this pattern in > > a message and reject or tempfail it: > > > > R0lGODdhuAGkAYAAAP > > > > According to the google searches I've done the onl place this shows up is in > > these spamograms. > > > > dp > > I tried to google that pattern and didn't find anything , except for in > the newsgroups and only 6 postings. Can you elaborate anymore on > spamograms. Is that a spam message sent as an image? I have been unable > to produce a viewable image of what I am getting flooded with. > > Zach
It was in the google groups that I found it and I checked all categories. The term spamogram is my name for messages with no text, links, mailto:. Just a computer-generated image. I think it is a waste of time to try to create signatures for these as they are created on the fly and the borders are random bits which means they won't repeat. The meta information is consistant between images, though, and so filterable if you examine the raw mime content. dp _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
