spam score for each test in header

[Stephen Swaney]

I'll find out what thet do and get back to you.


On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 08:50, Julian Field wrote:

> The bit I'm not sure about here is what to do with
> multipart-alternative messages (where you have HTML and plain-text
> versions). These already have more than 1 part, so I'm not sure what
> to put in the "attachment" that contains the original message.
>
> If I delete the plain-text version, all the pine/mutt users in the
> world will hate me. But if I delete the HTML version, all the Outlook
> users in the world will hate me.
>
> Any ideas what the system this firm has created actually does with the
> message?
> Do we have the ability to be able to pipe messages through it to find
> out? Or do you know who created it, as I might be able to extract the
> answer from their tech support :-)
>
> At 13:11 16/05/2003, you wrote:
>
> > I agree with not messing with the message, but one firm has created
> > a system where when a message is detected as spam, the original spam
> > is encapsulated as a attachment to a message that reads:
> >
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > Our mailscanner believes that the attachment to this message sent to
> > you by
> >
> >      spammer at junkmail.com
> >
> > Subject:
> >
> >     Work from Home, Make big Bucks!!!
> >
> > is Unsolicited Commerial Email (Spam). Unless you are sure that this
> > message is incorrectly thoght to be Spam, please delete this message
> > without opening it. Onpening Spam messages might allow the Spammer
> > to verify your email address.
> >
> > If you believe that this message has been uncorrectly marked a spam,
> > please forward this email to whitelist at our-company.com
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > When this technique is combined with good {Spam?} and {High Spam?}
> > scoring, it might allow the identification of false positives while
> > hiding offensive images and messages.
> >
> > Note that email to whitelist at ourcompany.com is not automatically
> > whitelisted but examined to see if it should be.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 06:01, Julian Field wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:19
> > > 16/05/2003, you wrote:
> > > >Brilliant !!!  Thanks Julian.
> > > >
> > > >I am 100% happy with your solution.   But if I may push my
> > > luck...  How
> > > >difficult would it be to transfer this header line into an attachment
> > > to
> > > >the message named something like "spam_score_details.txt",
> > > and get the
> > > >list of test & scores in a neat format with carriage returns
> > > after each
> > > >score, and an explanation at the top for the user saying something
> > > like
> > > >"Your MailScanner system has performed the following tests to
> > > determine if
> > > >it was spam. Please see yout local IT officer for more details".
> > > Or leave
> > > >us to create that piece of text so that we can add our contact
> > > details, etc.?
> > >
> > > Not keen on that. MailScanner doesn't mess with the message more than
> > > it
> > > has to, and this would create an attachment on every single message.
> > > Even
> > > if you just do this with spam, you are adding to your spam load
> > > problem,
> > > not reducing it.
> > > --
> > > Julian Field
> > > www.MailScanner.info
> > > MailScanner thanks
> > > transtec Computers for their
> > > support
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Stephen Swaney
> > <Steve at swaney.com>
> >
> > Linux Systems Solutions, Inc.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Julian Field
> www.MailScanner.info
> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
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