On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 13:26, Alan Leghart wrote: > --On Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:18 PM +0100 Ron McKeating > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why would an ordinary innocent email user be base 64 encoding their > > ordinary text. And why does it get such a big score. Here is the points > > awarded > > > > HTML_50_60 (2.1 points) BODY: Message is 50% to 60% HTML > > HTML_MESSAGE (1.1 points) BODY: HTML included in message > > BASE64_ENC_TEXT (3.6 points) RAW: Message text disguised using > > base-64 encoding > > MIME_HTML_ONLY (1.2 points) Message only has text/html MIME parts > > > > This really was an innocent user from a local council. What on earth > > could they have set on their mail client to get a score like this? > > > > Ron > > On some bad advice, I set up a rule on my MTA to copy all base-64 encoded > emails into a spam folder and delete them from the delivery queue. > Slightly more than half of the message caught were spam. Almost half were > email from/to corporate employees who were using MS-Excel and Outlook to > email spreadsheets to each other. As well, I believe you can force Outlook > to use different encoding (although, IIRC, it's not base-64 by default). I > tested on one machine on our LAN, and from inside Excel 2000, select File > and Send as email. Voici, base-64 encoded when it goes out. I'm glad I > didn't follow the advice to _delete_ all base-64 encoded emails. I'm glad > I was testing the rule first by quarantine. >
You can select if you want text, RTF, or HTML with Outlook in OfficeXP. I never did find if you can change Office2k's default, but I don't think so. -- AltGrendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
