HTML image only spam and OCR

[shuttlebox]

On 3/9/06, Ian <cobalt-users1 at fishnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After reading this bit I had though about maybe using ocr when these types of messages are
> found.
>
> A (not-so) quick experiment using netpbm and gocr on a linux machine here produces some
> ASCII output from one of these gif images.
>
> The question is:  how can I get MailScanner / SpamAssassin to use this method?
>
> The command line I am using is:
>
>
> giftopnm test.gif | gocr -
>
>
> which then produces the text on stdout.
>
> Thoughts anyone?

MS supports both a custom spam scanner and a generic virus scanner.
Look in MailScanner.conf for more info.

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/peter