Re[2]: Rule Advice

2005-07-18 Thread Robert Menschel
Hello dennis, Friday, July 15, 2005, 10:08:56 PM, you wrote: dsc> Ah, here is the From header: dsc> From: 360° Skin Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dsc> Not 6 digits, but maybe the degree symbol is contributing. I'll advise not dsc> to start the username with 360°. Actually, that header is > From: =?is

Re[2]: Rule Advice

2005-07-17 Thread Robert Menschel
Hello dennis, Friday, July 15, 2005, 10:08:56 PM, you wrote: dsc> On Jul 15, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Loren Wilton wrote: dsc> If that username starts with six digits, it hits that rule, as shown dsc> in Loren's example. dsc> Ah, here is the From header: dsc> From: 360° Skin Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ds

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-15 Thread dennis
On Jul 15, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Loren Wilton wrote:If that username starts with six digits, it hits that rule, as shown in Loren's example. Ah, here is the From header: From: 360° Skin Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not 6 digits, but maybe the degree symbol is contributing. I'll advise notto start the us

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-15 Thread Loren Wilton
> If that username starts with six digits, it hits that rule, as shown > in Loren's example. > > Ah, here is the From header: > > From: 360° Skin Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Not 6 digits, but maybe the degree symbol is contributing. I'll advise not to > start the username with 360°. No, you misun

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-15 Thread Kai Schaetzl
wrote on Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:52:26 -0700: > Not 6 digits, but maybe the degree symbol is contributing. I'll > advise not to start the username with 360°. That degree sign isn't allowed unescaped in there anyway. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Service

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-15 Thread dennis
On Jul 14, 2005, at 6:05 PM, Robert Menschel wrote:header FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS     From:addr =~ /^\d{6,}\S+\@/i The email address used in the From header begins with 6 (or more) digits. it's not hitting on 360SkinCare.com, but on the user part of the email address (doesn't even look at the domain

Re[4]: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread Robert Menschel
Hello dennis, Thursday, July 14, 2005, 9:03:46 AM, you wrote: dsc> On Jul 14, 2005, at 5:52 AM, Robert Menschel wrote: >> header FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS     From:addr =~ /^\d{6,}\S+\@/i >> The email address used in the From header begins with 6 (or more) >> digits. it's not hitting on 360SkinCare.c

Re: Re[2]: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread Loren Wilton
> header FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS From:addr =~ /^\d{6,}\S+\@/i > The email address used in the From header begins with 6 (or more) > digits. it's not hitting on 360SkinCare.com, but on the user part of > the email address (doesn't even look at the domain name). > The From line didn't start with

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread List Mail User
our >> servers from >> their mom's computers while she is at work... well u get the idea. >> But I am >> guessing your friend already knows that. >> >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent:

Re: Re[2]: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread dennis
On Jul 14, 2005, at 5:52 AM, Robert Menschel wrote:header FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS     From:addr =~ /^\d{6,}\S+\@/i The email address used in the From header begins with 6 (or more) digits. it's not hitting on 360SkinCare.com, but on the user part of the email address (doesn't even look at the domain

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread dennis
On Jul 14, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Duncan Hill wrote:On Thursday 14 July 2005 16:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Loren Wilton wrote: Received: (qmail 31028 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2005 21:00:29 - Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jul 2005 21

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread Duncan Hill
On Thursday 14 July 2005 16:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Loren Wilton wrote: > Received: (qmail 31028 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2005 21:00:29 > - > Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jul > 2005 21:00:29 - > >

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread dennis
On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Loren Wilton wrote:Received: (qmail 31028 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2005 21:00:29 - Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jul 2005 21:00:29 - Are you really located in England?  So far as I know PacBell doesn't serve that area. I coul

Re[2]: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread Robert Menschel
Hello dennis, Thursday, July 14, 2005, 2:34:42 AM, you wrote: dsc> Been using SA for quite a while and agree it's working great. dsc> Is FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS appropriately spammy if it's a legal way to dsc> name a domain? Yes. > header FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS From:addr =~ /^\d{6,}\S+\@/i The

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread Loren Wilton
t; > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:52 PM > > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > > Subject: Rule Advice > > > > > > We're working with someone who has a

Re: Rule Advice

2005-07-14 Thread dennis
sing your friend already knows that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:52 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Rule Advice We're working with someone who has a domain that starts with a nu

RE: Rule Advice

2005-07-13 Thread Greg Allen
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:52 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Rule Advice We're working with someone who has a domain that starts with a number: 360skincare.com. So it gets bit by FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS. I al

Rule Advice

2005-07-13 Thread dennis
We're working with someone who has a domain that starts with a number: 360skincare.com. So it gets bit by FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS. I also see some for suspicious hostname. A little more background: the sender appears to come from pacbell.net isp and using a webmail client. Are these "suspic

Re: Rule advice please

2005-03-02 Thread Loren Wilton
> Following discussions on this list about obfuscating words to avoid spam > detection, and not being a ninja, I'd like some feedback about the > possible efficacy or pitfalls on rules like the following. [snip] In general, there are three main ways of dealing with these obfuscations: 1. Hand-cra

RE: Rule advice please

2005-03-01 Thread Gray, Richard
nyone wants to talk about this more, mail me privately, and we can hit reply all (if I know who you are :) ) R -Original Message- From: Mike Grau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 February 2005 17:55 To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Rule advice please > > >

RE: Rule advice please

2005-02-28 Thread Chris Santerre
>Hello. > >Following discussions on this list about obfuscating words to >avoid spam >detection, and not being a ninja, I'd like some feedback about the >possible efficacy or pitfalls on rules like the following. > >As noted in other discussions, words with scrambled letters >between the >fir

Re: Rule advice please

2005-02-28 Thread Mike Grau
subject =~ /\b(?!cartoon|croatan|carroon)c[arto]{5}n\b/i subject =~ /\b(?!downloadable)d[ownladb]{10}e\b/i subject =~ /\b(?!dripping)d[ripn]{6}g\b/i subject =~ /\b(?!ejaculating|enunciating)e[jacultin]{9}g\b/i You can't use rules like this. The pattern "can" matches your first exam

RE: Rule advice please

2005-02-28 Thread Gray, Richard
subject =~ /\b(?!cartoon|croatan|carroon)c[arto]{5}n\b/i subject =~ /\b(?!downloadable)d[ownladb]{10}e\b/i subject =~ /\b(?!dripping)d[ripn]{6}g\b/i subject =~ /\b(?!ejaculating|enunciating)e[jacultin]{9}g\b/i You can't use rules like this. The pattern "can" matches your first ex

Rule advice please

2005-02-28 Thread Mike Grau
Hello. Following discussions on this list about obfuscating words to avoid spam detection, and not being a ninja, I'd like some feedback about the possible efficacy or pitfalls on rules like the following. As noted in other discussions, words with scrambled letters between the first and last le