On (25/09/06 16:31), Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:14:49PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > Over tha past few weeks, I have started receiving spam email that > > contains text the is all well formed words, but doesn't make sense as > > a spam message, or as any other sort of communication. I think I have > > found what is going on: > > > > The email *does* contain a message. It is contained in a .gif or .png > > or other image format file. These are not pictures of naked ladies, > > but images of text that touts various penny stocks. If I didn't use > > mutt, I might not have had so much puzzlement over them. I suppose > > with Outlook all the user sees is the image, which is clearly spam, > > but the user doesn't see what the spam filter sees, so, it seems, no > > amount of filter fiddling will protect against this. What to do? Are > > there new filtering techniques beyond spamassassin? > > > Reject anything with a .gif or .png attachment?
There was a thread a while back when the list was being inundated with messages like "Offical Security Update". A very simple solution is to use mailfilter which uses regex filters to reject mail when collecting from a POP server. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
