Hello jdow,

Sunday, May 8, 2005, 4:21:26 AM, you wrote:

j> This text sailed right through all the SARE rules except one ratware
j> rule:
j> ===8<---
j> X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.4 required=5.0
j> tests=BAYES_80,DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,
j>  RATWR10a_MESSID,URIBL_SBL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2
j> Status:

How old are your rules files?  Ratware as a rules file and rules name
has been discontinued since last September. All Message ID rules
should now be in the 70_sare_header*.cf files, with a SARE_MSGID_*
name.

j> You will see how great this storewide ssale is. Customers can sav a
j> lot of rnoney on tablets at our store.

Some of the obfuscations in the sample you sent should already be
picked up by the new 70_sare_obfu* files, and other rules are being
tested (my mass-check is running as I type).

j> There are too many creative ways to mangle words and still have the
j> original meaning get through. (But, perhaps anybody who would do
j> any business with these creeps who cannot spell has earned what
j> they get....)

Agreed, but some manglings are popular enough to be worth writing a
rule for, even if that rule pays off for only a month before that
particular mangling is dropped.

Yes, please send me a copy and I'll see if it has new manglings worth
testing for.

I suggest you compress the email file, so it doesn't hit any filters.
:-)

Bob Menschel



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