Spam mail undetected.

Tue Nov 18 10:43:08 GMT 2003

In your MailScanner.conf which RBLs have you set?

Mr. Michele Neylon
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
http://www.search.ie/
Tel. + 353 (0)59 9139897
Lowest price domains in Ireland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Plant, Dean
> Sent: 18 November 2003 10:35
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spam mail undetected.
>
>
> Only the standard RBL's that MailScanner/Spamassassin use. Our
> current setup seems to work great identifying about 4k spam
> messages out of 12.5K messages a day. This message seems to be a
> 1-off, quite offensive porn mail that gets through the system.
>
> Dean.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions
> [mailto:michele at BLACKNIGHTSOLUTIONS.COM]
> Sent: 18 November 2003 10:23
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spam mail undetected.
>
> Are you using any RBLs?
>
> Mr. Michele Neylon
> Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
> http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
> http://www.search.ie/
> Tel. + 353 (0)59 9139897
> Lowest price domains in Ireland
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Plant, Dean
> > Sent: 18 November 2003 10:19
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Spam mail undetected.
> >
> >
> > Hello list
> >
> > Currently using:
> >
> > MailScanner 4.21-9
> > Redhat 8.0
> > Sendmail
> > F-prot
> > ClamAV
> > Dcc 1.214
> > Razor 2.36
> > SpamAssassin 2.6
> >
> > I have a user that is receiving a porn spam mail on a daily
> > occurrence that
> > is not being picked up by MailScanner/Spamassassin.
> >
> > The mail seems to consist only of an HTML image and comes from
> a different
> > IP address every time. I have fed the missed mails into the Spamassassin
> > database using sa-learn but the mails still pass through.
> >
> > Are there any changes I can make to help stop this type of
> mail? (3 Sample
> > Headers Below).
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Dean Plant
> >
> > Sample Header 1
> >
> > Received: from mail.ielectoral.com (ip-206-169-149-87.relia-network.net
> > [206.169.149.87] (may be forged))
> >         by rsys001x.roke.co.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id
> > hAI1vPoE013167
> >         for <xxxxx.xxxxx at roke.co.uk>; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 01:57:26 GMT
> > Message-Id: <200311180157.hAI1vPoE013167 at rsys001x.roke.co.uk>
> > Received: by mail.ielectoral.com; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:51:33 -0700
> > (envelope-from <xxxxx.xxxxx at igigantic.com>)
> > X-Mailer: PowerMail v7018439
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> boundary="----=_Lksi8rwBA_ojetw3g_E"
> > Subject: Hey dude
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > From: "Brian" <xxxxx.xxxxx at igigantic.com>
> > To: xxxxx.xxxxx at roke.co.uk
> > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:51:33 -0700
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x: Found to be clean
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=2.134,
> >         required 5, BAYES_44 -0.00, HTML_70_80 0.10, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_02
> > 1.23,
> >         HTML_MESSAGE 0.10, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER 0.70)
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x-SpamScore: ss
> >
> > Sample Header 2
> >
> > Received: from mail.inumberone.com (el-2-mx-111.relia-network.net
> > [216.190.157.111])
> >         by rsys001x.roke.co.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id
> > hAGMw0oF029554
> >         for <xxxxx.xxxxx at roke.co.uk>; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:58:00 GMT
> > Message-Id: <200311162258.hAGMw0oF029554 at rsys001x.roke.co.uk>
> > Received: by mail.inumberone.com; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:57:43 -0700
> > (envelope-from <xxxxx.xxxxx at ienough.com>)
> > X-Mailer: PowerMail v7018439
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> boundary="----=_Jnhd6HDt5_osk6GE4_B"
> > Subject: To be continued
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > From: "John" <xxxxx.xxxxx at ienough.com>
> > To: xxxxx.xxxxx at roke.co.uk
> > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:57:43 -0700
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x: Found to be clean
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=1.905,
> >         required 5, BAYES_44 -0.00, HTML_50_60 0.10, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_04
> > 1.00,
> >         HTML_MESSAGE 0.10, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER 0.70)
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x-SpamScore: s
> >
> > Sample Header 3
> >
> > Received: from mail.icommital.com (xo-3-mx-4.relia-network.net
> > [67.108.2.4])
> >         by rsys001x.roke.co.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id
> > hAG3MPoE007214
> >         for <xxxxx.xxxxx at roke.co.uk>; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:22:26 GMT
> > Message-Id: <200311160322.hAG3MPoE007214 at rsys001x.roke.co.uk>
> > Received: by mail.icommital.com; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:22:20 -0700
> > (envelope-from <xxxxx.xxxxx at transpondent.com>)
> > X-Mailer: PowerMail v7018439
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> boundary="----=_Y7urNjsLp_9is4Rntj_E"
> > Subject: Hey
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > From: "Jim" <xxxxx.xxxxx at transpondent.com>
> > To: xxxxx.xxxxx at roke.co.uk
> > Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:22:20 -0700
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x: Found to be clean
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=4.814,
> >         required 5, BAYES_50 0.00, DCC_CHECK 2.91, HTML_50_60 0.10,
> >         HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_04 1.00, HTML_MESSAGE 0.10,
> >         MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER 0.70)
> > X-MailScanner-rsys001x-SpamScore: ssss
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Oldbury, Bracknell,
> > Berkshire. RG12 8FZ
> >
> > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is
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> > not create or
> > change any contractual relationship.
> >
> >
>
>
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> Registered Office: Roke Manor Research Ltd, Siemens House,
> Oldbury, Bracknell,
> Berkshire. RG12 8FZ
>
> The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is
> confidential to
> Roke Manor Research Ltd and must not be passed to any third party without
> permission. This communication is for information only and shall
> not create or
> change any contractual relationship.
>
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