Hello, Just a FYI the domain name is also mis-spelled, it says: spamasassin.org where the proper name is: spamassassin.org
They are missing an S in the first ASS. Frederic Tarasevicius Internet Information Services, Inc. http://www.i-is.com/ 810-794-4400 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Chuck Peters wrote: > Hi, > > I was having a minor problem with spamassassin 2.53 (OSIRUSOFT) and > decided to do a search for backports of Debian stable (Google > spamassassin site:people.debian.org) and this deceptive ad comes up, > see below. > > The ad mentions "SpamAssassin for Outlook" and links to > wwv.SpamAsassin.org, note the misspelling and wwv, not the usual www. > It also doesn't mention SpamAssassin's trademark! The link then > redirects to http://vww.spamcop.com/download.aspx?PID=A22090C and no > mention of SpamAssassin. > > IANAL but it appears to me they are misrepresenting the trademark and > the misspelled domain name of SpamAsassin.org certainly appears > deceptive to me. > > Here is a paste of the source of the google ad. > > <table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td id=taw1 > class=ch bgcolor=#FFF5F6 nowrap onMouseOver="ss('go to > www.SpamAsassin.org')" onMouseOut="cs()" onClick="ga(this,event)"><a > id=aw1 > href=/url?q=http://wwv.SpamAsassin.org/%3FPID%3DA22090&sa=l&ai=A_PeMbVPT_g42 WYs808Z_56PD8_4uCgK4bbg-ZW8BMEAkOBA0GOQACEAmWAA&num=1 > onMouseOver="return ss('go to www.SpamAsassin.org')" > onMouseOut="cs()"><font size=-1><b>SpamAssassin</b> for > Outlook</font></a><br><font class=f size=-2>Block 99% All Spam! > Affiliate. Try<br>Free for Outlook & Outlook > Express</font><br><font color=green > size=-1>www.SpamAsassin.org</font><font class=f size=-2><br>Interest: > <img src=/images/pos_bar.gif width=40 height=4 align=absmiddle > border=0 alt=""></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table> > > > > Griffith Observatory Star Award for excellence > in promoting astronomy to the public through the World Wide Web. > StarrySkies Network The Starry Messenger > http://StarrySkies.com > http://StarryMessenger.Net publishing science > the weekly newsletter of articles since 1995. > the StarrySkies Network Chuck Peters, Systems Administrator, Network > Engineer and Linux Tech. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
