dman said:

> | > A legit message triggered the 
> | >     FROM_FORGED_HOTMAIL
> | > test.  The header is
> | >     From: Linda Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | > 
> | > What properites of it make you think it is forged?  The test appears
> | > to match any hotmail address, legit or not (though I don't really know
> | > what the "=~" operator does).
> |
> | You need to look at the whole test,
> 
> Where can I find the rest of the test?  The spamassassin.cf file I
> have says:
> 
> header FROM_FORGED_HOTMAIL  From =~ /^[^"]+\S+\@hotmail\.com/i
> describe FROM_FORGED_HOTMAIL    Forged From: line claiming to be from hotmail
> .com
> score FROM_FORGED_HOTMAIL            3.0

I think Jason's thinking of another test.

This one just takes advantage of the hotmail.com formatting: hotmail
always formats From: lines as

        "User Real Name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

this detects it.  It should be scored low though.

--j.

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