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On Tuesday 23 Apr 2002 4:16 pm, joost witteveen wrote:
> Well, OK I'm sure there is a rule that catches
> files like .bat .pif .exe .com, but anyway, I'm getting
>
> a lot of messages like:
> > Received: from unknown (HELO inje.iskon.hr) ([213.191.128.16])
> > (envelope-sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) [...]
> > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.6 tests=LARGE_HEX,RELAYING_FRAME
> > version=2.20 [...]
> > --M608E5Gt62681o15NX05jX22Eg8M1
> > Content-Type: audio/x-wav;
> >         name=alt.bat
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> > Content-ID: <C9Tne6X6cFqJj14jF>
>
> I'm sure the goal of the message is to make me write a .bat
> file (the same message appears in .exe, .pif, ... variants),
> that I then later execute.
>
> So, I wonder, why didn't the message hit any spamassassin rule?

Because it's a virus, not spam. There are several ways of integrating 
SpamAssassin with a virus scanner, I suggest you look at some (or write some 
rules for SA that mark .exe's as spam, but they won't go into the core 
engine). Try freshmeat as a good source of such modules, btw.

- -- 
Matt.
<:->get a SMart net</:->
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