Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-23 Thread OliverScott
If you want to reduce the spam you get which claims to be from the bat then do the following: Create a rule which looks for the bat as a header with a 0.001 score. Create a meta rule which looks for email which is caught by the above rule AND hits Bayes_99 AND/OR (you choose based on how worried

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-10-17 22:08:53, schrieb cpayne: > Guys, > > I am getting a lot mail which I know is from a mail program use by > spammers, called the bat. > > I like to know how can I write a rule to give lets say two or three > points for this in the header. > > X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00.6) Educatio

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-18 Thread Matthias Haegele
Robert Braver schrieb: Hello Payne, On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:43:25 PM, you wrote: c> spam I am using is coming from the mail program. c> http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/ Just to be clear, I doubt highly that the spam you are seeing is coming from an actual copy of The Bat.

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-17 Thread Jeff Chan
Quoting Matt Kettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > cpayne wrote: > > Robert Braver wrote: > >> Hello Payne, > >> > >> On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:08:53 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> c> I am getting a lot mail which I know is from a mail program use by > >> c> spammers, called the bat. > >> > >> > > Yea

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-17 Thread Loren Wilton
But no spammer is going to be foolish enough to put: User-Agent: Storm Worm Botnet v 3.12.0 Well, that sort of thing did happen in the early days of spamming, when the spam tool used would advertise itself. I never figured out who the intended audience was. I suppose the assumption was that

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-17 Thread Matt Kettler
cpayne wrote: > Robert Braver wrote: >> Hello Payne, >> >> On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:08:53 PM, you wrote: >> >> c> I am getting a lot mail which I know is from a mail program use by >> c> spammers, called the bat. >> >> > Yea, I did a search. And found you are right, shame that most of t

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-17 Thread cpayne
Robert Braver wrote: Hello Payne, On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:08:53 PM, you wrote: c> I am getting a lot mail which I know is from a mail program use by c> spammers, called the bat. This comes up on the list from time to time. No, The Bat is a legitimate email client (such as Outlook

Re: How to block the bat!

2007-10-17 Thread Robert Braver
Hello Payne, On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 9:08:53 PM, you wrote: c> I am getting a lot mail which I know is from a mail program use by c> spammers, called the bat. This comes up on the list from time to time. No, The Bat is a legitimate email client (such as Outlook and Eudora) which, like