> >I'm just curious. I've NEVER seen Yahoo! tagged bulk email > with SA tags. > > Odds are the open relay that the spammers sent the mail > through was running SA. > > Yes, you'd think anyone using SA would check for open relay, > but it does > happen.. I've gotten spam like this before.
Hmm... this might actually make sense, from a user-education point of view. One of the keys for spam's success is it makes money. If we all relay spam, but tag it with user-readable information to the effect of "this is an example of spam - if you use the advertised product, you're contributing to an internet plague", it could do more damage to spammers than simply closing our relays. If we close our relays, the spammer will go find some cable modem box with an unpatched vulnerability and route spam through that. If we intercept and alter his spam, they might lose a customer. Just a crazy idea - don't take it seriously, of course. ;) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
