At Sat Oct 25 03:18:30 2003, Larry Gilson wrote: > > I get username in the body also. While trying to personalize a message the > spammer uses an alias/username for an introduction. An example would be a > person with an address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > #--- Begin Example ---# > Hello Dude,
The problem with rules like this is that some people have usernames that are "real" names, while others don't. For example, my username on my home box is martin. So if I got a message beginning Hello, martin I don't know whether it's a "hello, username" mail, or someone I know who simply didn't bother to capitalise my first name. Of course, if the first part of my address was "mr1267", Hello, mr1267 would stand out as being spammy. So the effectivemess of "hello, username" rules depends on the format of usernames at your site. Martin -- Martin Radford | "Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | men just upload their important stuff -o) Registered Linux user #9257 | on ftp and let the rest of the world /\\ - see http://counter.li.org | mirror it ;)" - Linus Torvalds _\_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
