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On Friday March 17 2006 10:03 am, Randal, Phil wrote:
> Hmm,
>
> We're blocking loads of these:
>
> 2.91  DCC_CHECK       Listed in DCC
> (http://rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/)
> 2.00  HC_NEWS News of new spam
> 0.10  HTML_70_80      Message is 70% to 80% HTML
> 0.10  HTML_FONTCOLOR_RED      HTML font color is red
> 0.10  HTML_FONTCOLOR_UNSAFE   HTML font color not in safe 6x6x6
> palette
> 0.10  HTML_MESSAGE    HTML included in message
> 1.10  RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100  Razor2 gives confidence between 51 and
> 100
> 1.05  RAZOR2_CHECK    Listed in Razor2 (http://razor.sf.net/)
> 2.50  RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET  Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net
> 3.00  RCVD_IN_CBL     Received via a host in cbl.abuseat.org.
> 2.60  RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK       Sent directly from dynamic IP address
> 3.00  RCVD_IN_PSBL    Received via a relay in PSBL
> 0.10  RCVD_IN_SORBS   SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS
> 3.00  RCVD_IN_SPAMHAUS_SBL_XBL        Listed in SPAMHAUS SBL+XBL
> 5.00  URIBL_BLACK     Contains an URL listed in the URIBL blacklist
>
> HC_NEWS just checks for the word "news" in the Subject line.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
> ----
> Phil Randal
> Network Engineer
> Herefordshire Council
> Hereford, UK
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Warren Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 17 March 2006 14:40
> > To: Dimitri Yioulos; users@spamassassin.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: This isn't being tagged
> >
> > On 03/17/2006 06:59 PM, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
> > > Hello to all.
> > >
> > > I apologize for earlier posts on this subject; they were
> >
> > tagged by the list
> >
> > > because I included the body of the spam which is being
> >
> > delivered to my users!
> >
> > > So, there's hope that I can quash this.  I searched the
> >
> > archive, but didn't
> >
> > > find anything (my search criteria may have been wrong).
> > >
> > > Over the last few days, mail such as the following has not
> >
> > been tagged.  The
> >
> > > subject is Re: Pharamacmky news.  The subject will change
> >
> > slightly, as in re:
> > > PharamaMzcy news.
> > >
> > > I have sa 3.0.4-1 (had a bit of trouble w/ 3.1.0, haven't
> >
> > tried reinstalling
> >
> > > yet) on a CentOS 3.6 box.  I'm using a number of SARE
> >
> > rulesets, as well as
> >
> > > pyzor, razor, and dcc.  My MTA is semdmail--8.12.11-4.RHEL3.1.
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Dimitri
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Same problem for me (using Spamassassin 3.1.0). I keep
> > feeding sa-learn
> > the "Re: PharamaCFcy news", always the same style of message but each
> > time slightly different, the drugs and prices are on the left and
> > rubbish like this dacgvishJybzjjt is on the right.  The spam
> > mail itself
> > is in html and the source has lots of this
> >
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> f </span>a<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> n </span>I<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> w </span>i<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> h </span>u<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> r </span>m <FONT color=3D#F5421A>$1<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> v </span>05</FONT> (3<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> Z9 </span>0&nbsp;<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> q </span>p<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> w </span>i<span=20
> > style
> > =3D "float: right"> y </span>l<span=20
> > style
> >
> > in it and no matter how much I feed to sa-learn I keep getting a Bayes
> > score of 00 (BAYES_00=-2.599).
> >
> > I'm interested to know more about this type of SPAM and what people
> > suspect is happening.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Warren.

Phil,

Where does the HC_NEWS rule come from?  Might it not adversely affect 
legitimate mail with "news" in the subject line?

Dimitri

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