Phishing net behaving strangely

[Denis Beauchemin]

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Denis Beauchemin wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am testing the phishing net for the first time.  I use MS 4.40.11 on 
> a brand new machine.  Language.conf contains:
> PossibleFraudStart = <font color="red"><b>MailScanner soup&ccedil;onne 
> le lien
> PossibleFraudEnd = d'&ecirc;tre une tentative de fraude de la part 
> de</b></font>
>
> Here is what I sent to test (I added some underscores to make sure my 
> message would not be trapped again):
> <a href="http_:_//_132_._210_._0_._0/">bad tag</a><br>
>
> Here is what I got:
> <a href="http_:_//_132_._210_._0_._0/"><font 
> color="red"><b>MailScanner soup&ccedil;onne le lien "132.210.244.102" 
> d'&ecirc;tre une tentative de fraude de la part de</b></font> pas le 
> bon</a><br>
>
> Which makes MS' message appear as a link.  The message translates to: 
> MS believes the link "132.210.0.0" to be a phishing fraud attempt from 
> bad tag.
>
> Is this normal behaviour?
>
I just tried it again after changing MS' setup to English and the 
results are the same: MS' warning is inside the link...  so I guess it 
is normal behaviour...

I just noticed Martin's answer.  I noticed the setup for IP addresses 
and I think it should be on on my servers.

Thanks!

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