----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron McKeating" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: [SAtalk] Advice Please
> 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? > Outlook express, mail sending format HTML, encode using base64. Or perhaps if you "use ms word as yor mail editor" That value for BASE64 seemes a little high should be about 2.3 is that a custom score, old version of SA, cvs version of SA ? But then again there is no reason to send HTML as BASE64 in fact it dosent even have to be quoted printable. The fact that 50% of the mail is html suggests also that the sender used an odd program to compose their email (eg ms word) Stuart Gall Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Critical Error: REALITY.SYS Corrupted! Reboot universe? (y/n) [y]: ------------------------------------------------------- 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
