High scoring SPAM getting through

[Stephen Swaney]

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> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Lance Haig
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:54 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: High scoring SPAM getting through
>
> Hi,
>
> I seem to be getting a large amount of high scoring spam slipping through.
>
> The spam score shows up as "sssss" and it is not being stopped
>
> Is there anything I can do to tweak the system to catch this?
>
> Ta
> Lance
>

Lance,

we need more information before anyone can begin to assist. Turn on full
logging in MailScanner and then send some:

        Full header details
        Full log details

For some of the messages that are slipping through.

Steve

Steve Swaney
President
Fortress Systems Ltd.
www.fsl.com
steve.swaney at fsl.com

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