Big increase in spam

Hugo van der Kooij hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org
Thu Nov 27 06:27:44 GMT 2008


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Arthur Stephens wrote:
> Is it just me or did spammers figure out a away to get around mail scanner.
> I used not get any spam at all. But now so far today I have received 20
> to 30 so far.
> So I upgraded MailScanner - double checked config settings but they
> still keep coming.

Well. What are the SA scores for those messages?

My guess: Your SA database has been poluted so your SA score will stick
around 50% and without other matches in SA that is usually not enough to
be stopped.

Hugo.

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images.

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