On Saturday 23 August 2003 11:00 CET Simon Byrnand wrote: > > I notice that the spam test message is some new standard GTUBE > > and includes a 'Precedence: junk' header. > > The header is normal. The effect you're describing isn't. > > > spam tends not to have this header and thus this is not a good test > > of how my system handles bouncing (or not) when the spam is detected. > > > > Mind you, I can just delete the line ;-) Is there a reason for > > its presence? > > I can't say why it might be in the test message, but this is a perfectly > legitimate and widely used header - at least one use I know of for > "Precedence: junk" is autoresponders. Properly written autoresponders > wont reply to a "Precedence: junk" message, and also include this header > in their reply messages...
That's exactly why I added it -- to keep (my) autoresponders from answering on that test message when I send it myself. > If your spam filtering setup is bamboozled by a Precedence header, then > maybe you need to look at why and fix it. (It should have no effect > either positive or negative on spam filtering.....) Yeah, just imagine some spammer adding a Precedence header... Cheers, Malte ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
