well i am actually trying to *enable* defanging, but i dont want the SA
report along with the defanging.  thats what i am trying to figure out. 
How to defang html email without SA dropping a report in the email.

 adam

On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:53, James Miller wrote:
> I'm having a similar problem and I'm still unclear how to completely disable HTML 
> defanging in a message.  I have set 'defang_mime 0' in 
> /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf (for mimedefang) and 
> /usr/share/spamassassin/10_misc.cf report_safe 0.  What am I missing to completely 
> disable HTML defanging?
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cormack,
> Ken
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 7:43 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [Mimedefang] HTML stripped from email
> 
> 
> As you described, is the way it works for me.  For example, I get my "Daily
> Dilbert" cartoon in my inbox each day.  All <img src=...> tags are defanged
> and I dont see the actual cartoon, but HTML declarations that can be
> rendered without the resources of an external web server, such as background
> color, and all text, remain intact.
> 
> I assume the reason for this kind of behavior is to eliminate "beacons".  If
> a spammer includes a reference to a resource on his web server, and can
> match up your email address with an entry in his web server logs, then
> you've just confirmed for the spammer that your email address is valid.
> 
> By defanging HTML <img src=...> tags, your client wont query his web server
> by simply viewing your mail.
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy R. LeBouef [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Mimedefang] HTML stripped from email
> 
> 
> The HTML::Parser module should it parse the HTML and reconstruct it or pull
> the graphics out of the email and leave you with text. Is this the proper
> operation of module ?  Say for instence a news letter that has html graphs
> in it, well the graphs are stripped out and you only have the text. Is this
> the way it should work ? and if so why ??
>  
> Thanks is advance .... Just trying to check on the proper operation of the
> system, any thoughts ??
> 
>       -----Original Message----- 
>       From: Troy R. LeBouef 
>       Sent: Thu 7/17/2003 6:11 PM 
>       To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>       Cc: 
>       Subject: RE: [Mimedefang] HTML stripped from email
>       
>       
> 
>       I think its the HTML::Parser module ??
>       
>               -----Original Message-----
>               From: Troy R. LeBouef
>               Sent: Thu 7/17/2003 5:47 PM
>               To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>               Cc:
>               Subject: [Mimedefang] HTML stripped from email
>              
>              
>       
>               I have modified the original mimedefang-filter and remarked
> out remove_redundent_html_parts in the filter.
>               I can't receive any html mail. I receive the mail and all of
> the HTML is stripped out. Is there an easy fix for this being that I wish to
> receive HTML text.
>              
>                       What can I do to fix this any help would be most
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>              
>              
>       
>       
> 
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