>-----Original Message----- >From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 6:10 PM >To: Brett Romero; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: What Missing Subject? > > >At 05:37 PM 10/12/2004, Brett Romero wrote: >>What is this test: >> MISSING_SUBJECT 1.40 Missing Subject: header >> >> >>The above test is for this header: > >Todd's comments about RM being a marketing company noted, but >also RM's >relatively clean reputation on NANAE, and claimed strong >antispam policies, >I'll answer anyway. (http://www.realmagnet.com/antiSpam.html) > >I'd try running the message through spamassassin -D. Odds are >pretty good >that although there appears to be a "Subject" header, there's >some broken >insertion of linefeeds elsewhere in the headers which is >making SA think >that it's part of the body text. (There should be no blank >lines in the >headers. Make sure to check for one before the first header as well...) > >Either that or the linefeed format on the header preceding the >subject is >wrong (ie: bare CR or bare LF instead of CR LF) or missing. > >Many mail clients are "understanding" of these errors due to >lax parsing >and wind up finding the subject line anyway. SA's parsing is >lax in some >respects, but not everywhere. >
Does realmagnet scrub all outbound mails thru SA? And what would it do with those that hit? I'm not pointing fingers because I don't know Brett at all. I'm just curious. If he is legit, I'd like to know how he uses it to fight spam. Could be a good case study. --Chris
