OT: pdf spam

Martin.Hepworth martinh at solidstatelogic.com
Wed Jun 20 15:57:00 IST 2007


Or post it to pastebin or somethinh..

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Martin Hepworth
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> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Daniel Maher
> Sent: 20 June 2007 15:53
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> Subject: RE: OT: pdf spam
>
> > I was just about to post about these myself. I have attached an
example.
> >
> > I have found if I use 'less' to view the document it renders it to
plain
> > text and is very readable. So would it be possible to convert a pdf
to
> > plain text and append it to the email message for the purposes of
the
> > spamassassin checks?
> >
> > Alternativly perhaps this is a job for MCP?
> >
> > Another possibility would be for the author of fuzzyocr to recognise
> > .pdf files and render them so they can be scanned for keywords. I
can
> > think of a few keyword and load issues this could cause though.
>
> I'm not sure that the example was attached - at the very least, I
didn't
> get it over here. :)  Would you be so kind as to forward a sample?
> Thanks!
>
>
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