> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Kuentz (2) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SAtalk] [RD] Subject rule question
> 
> 
> I see a lot of spams coming through hiding the subject masked using
> ISO-8859, like this
> 
> Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?b?SGFsZiBQcmljZWQgU2lsZGVuYWZpbCBDaXRyYXRl?=
> 
> which translates back to a subject of:
> 
> Half Priced Sildenafil Citrate
> 
> obviously I can look for "Half Priced Sildenafil Citrate" in 
> the subject,
> but I want to write a rule for ISO-8859 in the subject.  I 
> have this rule,
> but it doesn't appear to hit.
> 
> header MK_CHARSET_IN_SUBJECT Subject =~ /ISO\-8859/i
> 
> Does SA translate that before hand and that's why it's not 
> hitting?  It's
> obviously a big thing for spammers, since a search on 
> groups.google.com for
> ISO-8859 turns up tons of results from news.admin.net-abuse.sightings.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

I noticed the same last week and my rule didn't hit either. I was going to
try a rawbody or raw rule next. Try that. I didn't get to it because the
spam was already caught. Went down on the priority list :-)

Chris Santerre 
System Admin and SA Custom Rules Emporium keeper 
http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/sa_rules.htm 
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - Willy
Wonka  

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