Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-13 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Craig R Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does TextCat identify it as english? Perhaps we could add a > language set to TextCat for "bad english" -- I suppose this is akin > to the "spam english" we've talked about before. I doubt "bad english" would work since word order has no effect on th

Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-13 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Craig R Hughes wrote: > Bart Schaefer wrote: > > BS> Aside from the image attachments, the only identifying marks are > BS> extremely poor written English. > > Does TextCat identify it as english? TextCat wasn't part of SA yet the last time I got one. It might still be i

Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-13 Thread Craig R Hughes
Bart Schaefer wrote: BS> Aside from the image attachments, the only identifying marks are extremely BS> poor written English. If they weren't so freaking huge, I'd read them for BS> the amusement value alone. Last time one slipped through, it included an BS> invitation to visit Mr. River's fact

Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-11 Thread Pete Hanson
Hi Derrick, At 06/10/2002 13:04, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: >On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:51:07AM -0800, Pete Hanson wrote: >| Not true. We're starting to see spam mail with huge attachments. > >What sort of attachments? What are the main identifying marks on the >messages? Here's a nice examp

Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-10 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 04:02:24PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > spamd would be the one giving the output, but it doesn't _have_ to > output the whole message, just the headers that have changed. spamc > wouldn't change in that respect. You're assuming the body isn't getting mangled. Wh

Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-10 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Don Bivens wrote: > Just block China in your mail program. Or if you find > my methods too agressive just block this one guy in > your mail server, drop the route to him, or firewall > him. Unfortunately brasslantern.com is just a virtual domain hosted at a small ISP. I do

Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-10 Thread Don Bivens
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Re: [SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-10 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:51:07AM -0800, Pete Hanson wrote: > | Not true. We're starting to see spam mail with huge attachments. > > What sort of attachments? What are the main identifying marks on the > messages? I've been repeatedly spamm

[SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-10 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:51:07AM -0800, Pete Hanson wrote: | At 06/10/2002 10:43, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | >| However, wouldn't it make some sense to try passing at least | >| the first max_size bytes of the message to spamd for processing? | > | >Well, the idea is that spammers aren't se

[SAtalk] Re: Re: spamc message size limits

2002-06-10 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 02:51:13PM -0400, Theo Van Dinter wrote: | On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 01:43:02PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | > That does sound like a good idea, though. You can use your MTA to | > limit the processing of over-large messages and spamc can limit | > spamd's processin