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Jeremy Rumpf writes:
> I've seen a few messages recently that contained the header
> 
> X-message-flag: Authentic Sender, Hash: PoHgCaAr
> 
> My questions are, are they trying to simulate something like hash cash? Does 
> anyone know of a MUA that inserts/utilizes this header?

I suspect it's targeted at a specific receiving site -- I have no
idea which one though.   (that's what X-Message-Info is apparently
intended to do.)

If that's the case it makes a killer spam-sign for people on any other
ISP ;)

Has anyone seen these headers?  Perhaps AOL?

- --j.

> I would like to insert a local rule to score on this similar to the 
> X_MESSAGE_INFO rule in 20_ratware.cf, but wanted to ask of others' opinion 
> first:
> 
> header X_MESSAGE_INFO           exists:X-Message-Info
> describe X_MESSAGE_INFO         Bulk email fingerprint (X-Message-Info) found
> 
> --------------- examples -------------------
> 
> Subject: ***SPAM*** Call me
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:11:44 -0500
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/related;
>   boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00NX_00B9614KA_04C.008C38K0"
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353
> X-message-flag: Authentic Sender, Hash: TrVfLjGp
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Subject: ***SPAM*** Your test results
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:58:41 -0500
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/related;
>         boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00KS_01G0282KJ_04E.864L81I0"
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353
> X-message-flag: Authentic Sender, Hash: PoHgCaAr
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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