Feature request for phishing / fraud detection

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sat Aug 27 14:47:37 IST 2005


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Turns out this is going to be harder than I thought. The code around 
this is already very complex.
How much do people need this?

Julian Field wrote:

> This is a definite possibility. Give me an hour or two.
>
> Bob de Wildt wrote:
>
>> Julian
>>
>> I'm using the mailscanner for a hosting party and would like to see a
>> feature added to the phishing detection.
>> The problem is that many people use genuine mailings with a sublink to
>> keep up with the revenu of a mailing.
>> 90% of these links get marked with possible fraud, which completely
>> destroys the e-mail.
>>
>> It would be a good feature to be able to mark the subject of the message
>> in stead of putting text inside the message.
>> Just like is done with spam, virus and bad content.
>>
>> Would it be possible to take this up in the next upgrade?
>>
>> Bob de Wildt
>>
>> Systems Administrator
>> Cyso Managed Hosting
>> Baangracht 2
>> 1811 DC Alkmaar
>> tel: (+31) (0) 72-7513400
>> fax: (+31) (0) 72-7513401
>> e-mail: support at cysonet.com
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