At Sat Jun 28 00:40:16 2003, Matt Kettler wrote: > > The FORGED_MUA_AOL rules are written to try to recognize mail that claims > to be "from" an aol.com address, but doesn't appear to have been actualy > relayed through a mailserver with an aol-ish name.
No. FORGED_MUA_AOL simply checks that if the X-Mailer header matches "\bAOL\b" then the message-id must be in the format used by AOL. > Of course, this is all based on what email the SA-dev types have access to. > I'd be very surprised if they have many message headers that are from > messages sent by an actual AOL employee, so the patterns are designed > around aol-user mail. > > it's implemented in EvalTests.pm using the subroutine > check_for_fake_aol_relay_in_rcvd. Ah. You're thinking of FORGED_AOL_RCVD. > If the AOL employee consents, you can open a bug in the SA bugzilla and > attach a sample message to it. This will give the SADevs a copy of a > legitimate message to test and tweak the rules against it so that this > false positive case is fixed. You should only need to attach the headers - the body shouldn't matter. Martin -- Martin Radford | "Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | men just upload their important stuff -o) Registered Linux user #9257 | on ftp and let the rest of the world /\\ - see http://counter.li.org | mirror it ;)" - Linus Torvalds _\_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk