On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:42:26PM -0800, Kurt Andersen wrote: > Seen this blurb from today? I can't quite figure out > how I feel about it. > > --Kurt > > >From Infoworld's Technology and Business Daily: > > > E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: TEST YOUR E-MAIL TEXT > > > > Considering the potential of e-mail communications (see > > above), it's a crying shame that the growing flood of > > unwanted spam is making life difficult for legitimate > > opt-in publishers. In desperation, ISPs and e-mail > > recipients have installed crude filters that now keep > > 1 in 8 opt-in messages from getting to a users' inbox, > > according to a recent white paper by AssuranceSys.com. > > > > To help the "good guys" test their e-mails before > > they're blocked for containing suspect words, Ken Evoy > > of SiteSell.com has started a free service: > > > > 1. You e-mail your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 2. The word TEST (in all caps) must be the first word > > of your Subject line, or your mail will be discarded. > > > > 3. SiteSell e-mails you back a point-by-point rating, > > derived from the widely used filter called Spam > > Assassin, showing how "spammy" your text is. This can > > help you avoid red-flag words and phrases.
Firstly, we can't stop them. Secondly, we don't need to. One of SpamAssassin's strengths is that it uses Razor and dcc and network tests, etc. Plus even if spammers hit no body tests, we will generally hit a lot of headers that are harder to edit. Plus, it's nice to see SA and "widely used" in the same sentence (even if they ignore the fact that SpamAssassin is one word) -- Duncan Findlay ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
