On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 18:51, Kai MacTane wrote: > At 8/20/03 09:46 AM , Yorkshire Dave wrote: > > >If someone instructed me to /dev/null anything marked as spam, and all > >attempts to explain why that was bad had failed, i think a deliberate > >typo would see it all piling up in a mailbox called .dev.null ready for > >when they realise they made a mistake :) > > Ooooooh... I like the "typo" solution. Keep in mind, of course, that it's > possible that the only way to get them to realize they've made a mistake is > to *show them* the contents of .dev.null. (Especially if you've set up your > filtering criteria such that they'll be almost certain to give a few > critical FPs at the same time...) Until they see: "Hey, there's mail from > my wife in there!", they may very well be thinking "Only spam goes into the > spam black-hole." Just like most people think that "only porn sites get > blocked by porn filters".
You've caught the wrong end of the idea there, I wouldn't aim to cause FPs, that'd be wrong, just aim to cover the ass of the fool who told me to /dev/null it all. It'll go critical all by itself sooner or later without any assistance, and if it doesn't then nobody will know any different. Sometimes you have to look after TPTB by giving them what they need rather than what they want, but you should still give the best you can give, otherwise you're selling yourself short. Deniability, no harm done, no foul, safe move, that's what I tend to look for. Sometimes you can't do a convenient typo, can't conveniently not know how to do something, and then you have to give them the loaded gun and show them where their feet are. -- Yorkshire Dave -- Scanned by MailScanner at wot.no-ip.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Dice.com. Did you know that Dice has over 25,000 tech jobs available today? From careers in IT to Engineering to Tech Sales, Dice has tech jobs from the best hiring companies. http://www.dice.com/index.epl?rel_code=104 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
