This appears to be a classic bayes poison/circumvention spam attempt. More info (thanks to Kenneth Porter) at http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2892
The long term fix could be to compare the multimedia portion of the MIME with the alternative portion and see if a fuzzy comparison can validate the contents, but that's not a very simple task. -Alex On Tuesday 06 January 2004 08:17 am, Brad Hazledine wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the list and I can't seem to locate the December archives so I > apologize if this has been covered. > > We are receiving hundreds of emails per day with the subject Re:bunch of > capital letters, meaningless string. The body contains a jpg followed by a > hundred or so random words. > > Anyone found a way to stop these? > > They all get past spamassassin. > > Thanks. Sample below. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IWSMV, these chance encounters > > > > Offshore Credit card, quaranteed approval! > > [cc3.jpg] transform market pike chrysler phenolic consequential birthplace > nancy alexander brandish fpc > angel germinal frankfurt frolic snoop sunspot pollock contradistinguish > bebop sawfish alcott compressible > adieu comparator horizontal andy > smack edgy theses azimuth nne phosphorescent skin campion bunny beverage > diathesis reception ave stasis > washbowl chromatic embolden brad bismark chill me darken conifer here > caribou build ticklish predilect > slum joan scotsman kyoto bog plastic kamchatka attribution between width > paraxial claude way absentee > colatitude pedro otherwise bilingual baseline algenib indolent calm > curriculum coma dichloride > modesty backboard bodyguard kept moldavia titanic chianti brazilian helmut > angling leftover cindy dive > behind briefcase eurydice cantaloupe hose illustrious trenchermen fuji > concept boyhood influence dauphine > shelby shipyard couch pet > cannot damask geocentric selector latent aunt conversation cowman software > publish want clad cloture > comanche fluorine cough > conjugal biggs crump wad asuncion baltimorean stoke managerial chevalier > crawl avis vitrify deceitful > pneumonia bitch loudspeaking carlyle gardenia governance anonymity > indigenous atrophy pion extempore > throat cake sketch abundant coordinate > > Brad Hazledine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Caledon Card Services > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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
