How can I get some spam?

mikea mikea at MIKEA.ATH.CX
Thu Jul 10 23:39:48 IST 2003


On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 06:33:40PM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote:
> At 03:00 PM 7/10/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >For a test Virus email you can head to
> >http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm Industry has organized a fake
> >virus file that is detected by virus scanners.
>
>
> On a similar note SpamAssassin has a GTUBE (generic test for unsolicited
> bulk email) which is a rule which adds +100 to an email. It's a great way
> to do a quick check to ensure that SA is running and will actually tag
> email. It's not a comprehensive check, but it certainly answers the
> question of "is this thing on?" very quickly.

Looks like it adds +1000. That's *impressive*!

--
Mike Andrews
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin since 1964



More information about the MailScanner mailing list