Just FYI increasing SARE_GIX_STOX has removed this spam from my mailbox.
It's doing something right. (I was getting 1-2 an hour prior to
increasing that rule's score)
Chris Santerre wrote:
Exactly... and that SARE ruleset is coming very soon :)
--Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Rhett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:28 PM
> To: Kelson
> Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: This image is turning frequent..
>
>
> I think you guys are going down a much harder road. This only makes
> sense if and when e-mail with only a GIF is a normal type of
> e-mail that
> people find acceptable. Otherwise, just score e-mail with only a GIF
> and/or some extra bayes poison high and don't bother analyzing it.
>
> Kelson wrote:
> > decoder wrote:
> >> But that is a difficult task considering how many things
> are possible
> >> with the GIF standard. This picture uses offsets and slow
> frame rates,
> >> others use transparency etc. A simple way to block these
> images would
> >> be to scan the GIF for offset frames. I don't think there
> is any valid
> >> GIF which makes use of these techniques...
> >
> > If "offset frames" means what I think it does, they're
> actually a fairly
> > common technique in animated GIFs where you only need to
> change part of
> > the image. After all, if you're changing a 30x50 section
> of a 200x200
> > image, why waste space on an extra 38,500 pixels?
> >
>
>
> --
> Jo Rhett
> Network/Software Engineer
> Net Consonance
>
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Jo Rhett
Network/Software Engineer
Net Consonance
