Jeremy Zawodny said: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 04:32:28PM -0400, Jason wrote: > > Here's one I have wondered why SA just doesn't score an insane amount for. > > > > http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/f455j4/h534/*http://somesitename > > > > or > > > > http://rd.yahoo.com/*http://somesitename > > > > Try it - it works for any site name you put in. > > > > I see spammers using this all the time. Gotta say thanks to Yahoo! for > > making is easier on spammers to obfuscate their spam site names... > > > > Is there a good reason not to just score those rd.yahoo's high? > > It's worth mentioning that rd.yahoo.com is being deprecated in favor > of redirect servers that are not open to abuse. But it takes time to > convert everyone over... I can ask for an ETA if that helps. Maybe > getting some SA rules will help speed things up? :-)
LOL, happy to help ;) Actually, we had them in testing in 2.60cvs, but had to drop them since there were still some legit mails using them -- and, interestingly, their use in spam seemed to have dropped off in the last month or so! However, if Yahoo! can be persuaded to finish up that rollout, we can put the rules back in -- since by that stage it'd be just the half-asleep spammers left using it (the kind that still mails the 'My Wife, Jody' testimonial, for example, despite SpamAssassin having a rule for it since 2.2something). BTW, I know there's a number of ISPs who use the rd URL as an "immediate drop" content filtering rule, so rolling it out would be a good idea anyway... ;) --j. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
