Re: Multiple X-Envelope-From and SPF

2008-05-08 Thread ram
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 01:44 +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2008 23:19, mouss wrote: > > > configure postfix to replace previous ones > > /^(X\-Envelope\-From:.*)/ REPLACE X-$1 > > envelope from can here be forged Precisely what I am afraid of. But the issue is whatever header I

Re: Shortcircuit Question

2008-05-08 Thread Clayton Keller
Clayton Keller wrote: Justin Mason wrote: Clayton Keller writes: Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: Clayton Keller wrote: I have been reading throught the Shortcircuit manpage as well as some articles within the Wiki, and the manner in which I see it performing within our install does

Re: Multiple X-Envelope-From and SPF

2008-05-08 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, May 8, 2008 23:19, mouss wrote: > configure postfix to replace previous ones > /^(X\-Envelope\-From:.*)/ REPLACE X-$1 envelope from can here be forged better for postfix is to add envelope_sender_header Return-Path in local.cf Benny Pedersen Need more webspace ? http://www.servag

Re: Multiple X-Envelope-From and SPF

2008-05-08 Thread mouss
ram wrote: At the MTA( postfix) I am inserting X-Envelope-From: If The mail had already a X-Envelope-From before landing at my MTA then There would be multiple lines of these configure postfix to replace previous ones /^(X\-Envelope\-From:.*)/ REPLACE X-$1 I am assuming you are not addi

Re: IE Parse bug olso in SpamAssassin ?

2008-05-08 Thread Kevin W. Gagel
- Original Message - >Do you have a reference for discussion of this "IE Parsing bug" that led >you to mention this oddball URI annotation format in the first place? >There might be references in that to the definition of the format. John, I'm not sure if this is the bug Benny refers to

Re: trusted mailing list subscriber spam

2008-05-08 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, May 8, 2008 19:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, I suppose that would be caught by SPF rules etc., if bob likes SPF. what are you talking about ?, to score email addresses found on maillist a bit negative since it looks like none spammy human ? Benny Pedersen Need more webspace ? http

trusted mailing list subscriber spam

2008-05-08 Thread jidanni
Odd how mailing lists that don't obfuscate addresses don't see more trusted mailing list subscriber spam. All a spam program would have to do is say "[EMAIL PROTECTED] posts lots to that list. His address must be a trusted subscriber. Well, here's one more post from him, muhahaha." OK, I suppose

Re: IE Parse bug olso in SpamAssassin ?

2008-05-08 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Benny Pedersen wrote: i just started this thread to be sure IE parse bug is not in sa aswell since i could see domains not detecked in spam, but i got it now Do you have a reference for discussion of this "IE Parsing bug" that led you to mention this oddball URI annotation

Re: IE Parse bug olso in SpamAssassin ?

2008-05-08 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, May 8, 2008 18:07, John Hardin wrote: > Bayes isn't going to parse a URI as a URI anyway, is it? i belived it did use that info olso > It just tokenizes the message. hopefully with url that confirm to rfc olso, but i see hte point where url is obfu not to bother now when i think more a

RE: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread Maurice Lucas
Or, The spammers will find his host and don't use the highest MX record. Or just remove his host from all the results. My best solution would be: Marc, - Clean up the code - Write a manual howto install so every admin can install it - Write an extra bit of code

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread Marc Perkel
Kevin Parris wrote: Well now, if a spambot actually does start recognizing and avoiding his system, doesn't that mean he wins and the spammer loses? I would say YES! You should make an effort to clean it up so that others *can* install it as a standalone daemon, as I suggested. Why? H

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread Kevin Parris
Well now, if a spambot actually does start recognizing and avoiding his system, doesn't that mean he wins and the spammer loses? >>> John Hardin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/08/08 12:11 PM >>> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Marc Perkel wrote: > To participate all you have to do is set your highest numbered MX t

Re: Shortcircuit Question

2008-05-08 Thread Clayton Keller
Justin Mason wrote: Clayton Keller writes: Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: Clayton Keller wrote: I have been reading throught the Shortcircuit manpage as well as some articles within the Wiki, and the manner in which I see it performing within our install does not seem to coincide w

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread Marc Perkel
John Hardin wrote: On Thu, 8 May 2008, Marc Perkel wrote: To participate all you have to do is set your highest numbered MX to point to: tarbaby.junkemailfilter.com Several people have asked me how I'm doing this and can they have my code to do it themselves. My situation is unique enough

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Marc Perkel wrote: To participate all you have to do is set your highest numbered MX to point to: tarbaby.junkemailfilter.com Several people have asked me how I'm doing this and can they have my code to do it themselves. My situation is unique enough that it just won't w

Re: IE Parse bug olso in SpamAssassin ?

2008-05-08 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Benny Pedersen wrote: On Thu, May 8, 2008 17:29, John Hardin wrote: Why worry about where the URI is trying to point if it's so obviously obfuscated? to get more data to bayes Bayes isn't going to parse a URI as a URI anyway, is it? It just tokenizes the message. Bayes

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread Marc Perkel
ram wrote: IOn Wed, 2008-05-07 at 08:50 -0700, Marc Perkel wrote: Looking for a few volunteers who want to reduce their spambot spam and at the same time help me track spambots for my black list. This is free and mutual benefit. I (junkemailfilter.com) want to be your highest numbered fak

Re: IE Parse bug olso in SpamAssassin ?

2008-05-08 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, May 8, 2008 17:29, John Hardin wrote: > Why worry about where the URI is trying to point if it's so obviously > obfuscated? to get more data to bayes Benny Pedersen Need more webspace ? http://www.servage.net/?coupon=cust37098

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Henrik K
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 04:20:42PM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > > > In case of VBounce, chances of FPs are even less acceptable. You are > > > supposed to reject or discard backscatter > > who says? > > It seems perfectly fine to me to tag vbounce-filtered mail. In mail > filtering, there wil

Re: IE Parse bug olso in SpamAssassin ?

2008-05-08 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Benny Pedersen wrote: On Thu, May 8, 2008 05:00, Joseph Brennan wrote: Should we just call "http://{"; bad, and not bother checking the uri? i belive there is parts in sa that parse the same way as ie and that could be used by spammers to hide there domains in multilvel

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
> > In case of VBounce, chances of FPs are even less acceptable. You are > > supposed to reject or discard backscatter who says? It seems perfectly fine to me to tag vbounce-filtered mail. In mail filtering, there will always be FPs. --j.

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Robert Müller
Henrik K schrieb: On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:11:59PM +0200, Robert Müller wrote: BTW: Also for me 'null senders' are not common - never had problems with this, except UBE. Have you even looked at your traffic archives, if you keep one? How do you know there isn't any problems if some

Re: Shortcircuit Question

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Clayton Keller writes: > Justin Mason wrote: > > Matt Kettler writes: > >> Clayton Keller wrote: > >>> I have been reading throught the Shortcircuit manpage as well as some > >>> articles within the Wiki, and the manner in which I see it performing > >>> within our install does not seem to coinc

Re: Shortcircuit Question

2008-05-08 Thread Clayton Keller
Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: Clayton Keller wrote: I have been reading throught the Shortcircuit manpage as well as some articles within the Wiki, and the manner in which I see it performing within our install does not seem to coincide with how I am reading and presumably understa

triplets.txt

2008-05-08 Thread Jeremy Fairbrass
Hi, could someone kindly tell me what the file "triplets.txt" is used for, and if I need to have it in my rules directory or not? Cheers, Jeremy

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Henrik K
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:11:59PM +0200, Robert Müller wrote: > > BTW: Also for me 'null senders' are not common - never had problems with > this, except UBE. Have you even looked at your traffic archives, if you keep one? How do you know there isn't any problems if someone doesn't realize to rep

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Shane Williams
On Thu, 8 May 2008, Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: .rp wrote: So, need a rule that would parse the "Message-ID:" in the body (or attachment) and not header, and look for the @FQDN Is this rule already out in the wild? You'd likely need a meta of some sort. Theoretically, somethi

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Robert Müller
Henrik K schrieb: On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:35:30AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: Not in my experience! I haven't seen anything that isn't a bounce message, an out-of-office notification, auto-replies, or other stuff targeted by the VBounce ruleset. certainly not transactional mail. as far

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread ram
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:33 +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > Kevin W. Gagel writes: > > - Original Message - > > >Marc Perkel wrote: > > >> Looking for a few volunteers who want to reduce their spambot spam and > > >> at the same time help me track spambots for my black list. This is free >

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread ram
IOn Wed, 2008-05-07 at 08:50 -0700, Marc Perkel wrote: > Looking for a few volunteers who want to reduce their spambot spam and > at the same time help me track spambots for my black list. This is free > and mutual benefit. I (junkemailfilter.com) want to be your highest > numbered fake MX recor

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Henrik K
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:35:30AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > Not in my experience! > > I haven't seen anything that isn't a bounce message, an out-of-office > notification, auto-replies, or other stuff targeted by the VBounce > ruleset. certainly not transactional mail. as far as I can tel

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Henrik K writes: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:03:28AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > > > Henrik Krohns writes: > > > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:35:31AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > > > > > > > the VBounce plugin is intended to catch backscatter -- bounces in > > > > response > > > > to mail yo

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Henrik K
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:03:28AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > Henrik Krohns writes: > > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:35:31AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > > > > > the VBounce plugin is intended to catch backscatter -- bounces in response > > > to mail you didn't send -- so it'll ignore bounces

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Henrik Krohns writes: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:35:31AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > > > the VBounce plugin is intended to catch backscatter -- bounces in response > > to mail you didn't send -- so it'll ignore bounces in response to mail you > > _did_ send, by parsing the bounced message's R

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Matt Kettler writes: > Justin Mason wrote: > > Matt Kettler writes: > > > >> .rp wrote: > >> > >>> One of the users (actually the boss) had the email address harvested and > >>> we got clobbered > >>> by backscatter. Looking at the emails of the various 'unable to deliver' > >>> type me

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Matt Kettler
Justin Mason wrote: Matt Kettler writes: .rp wrote: One of the users (actually the boss) had the email address harvested and we got clobbered by backscatter. Looking at the emails of the various 'unable to deliver' type messages, I saw what these could be filtered on, but don't know ho

Re: Shortcircuit Question

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Matt Kettler writes: > Clayton Keller wrote: > > I have been reading throught the Shortcircuit manpage as well as some > > articles within the Wiki, and the manner in which I see it performing > > within our install does not seem to coincide with how I am reading and > > presumably understandin

Re: possible idea for backscatter problem

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Matt Kettler writes: > .rp wrote: > > One of the users (actually the boss) had the email address harvested and we > > got clobbered > > by backscatter. Looking at the emails of the various 'unable to deliver' > > type messages, I saw > > what these could be filtered on, but don't know how to w

Re: Experimental - use my server for your high fake MX record

2008-05-08 Thread Justin Mason
Kevin W. Gagel writes: > - Original Message - > >Marc Perkel wrote: > >> Looking for a few volunteers who want to reduce their spambot spam and > >> at the same time help me track spambots for my black list. This is free > >> and mutual benefit. I (junkemailfilter.com) want to be your hi

Multiple X-Envelope-From and SPF

2008-05-08 Thread ram
At the MTA( postfix) I am inserting X-Envelope-From: If The mail had already a X-Envelope-From before landing at my MTA then There would be multiple lines of these Then SA refuses to do SPF for these messages , and I can see in my debug logs - [18469] dbg: message: X-Envelope-Fr