spamassassin scans attachments.

[Robin M.]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Matt Kettler wrote:
> At 02:46 PM 4/15/2004, Robin M. wrote:

> >Other than whitelisting myself is there any configuration tweaks that I
> >can adjust that would allow me to send files with this type of information
> >without having to zip?
>
> You didn't specify what version of SA you're using.. I know Theo's been
> working on the mime parsing to eliminate binary attachments from the scan.
> I'm not sure if this is fully implemented in 2.63 or if the final stuff is
> going into 3.0, but if you're running an earlier version it would
> definitely be worth upgrading.
>
Sorry I forgot to mention, I am indeed using all the latest stable
releases of everything including having the RulesDuJour script run daily
updates.

Also I did not choose the best subject for this thread, it is somewhat
misleading. What is really happening is that the tripwire.cf rule is
catching combinations of three letters in attachments that are not spam. I
would like to keep using tripwire.cf if I can somehow configure
MailScanner to accept the message without it getting marked as spam.

by the way the content in the attachments that is triggering the tripwaire
rules is a list of software installed on my linux system, i.e.

<snip>
gzip                1.3.2-3
hdparm              4.5-1.2
initrd-tools        0.1.3
</snip>

I will contact the maintainer of the tripwire.cf rules to see what he
says.