Big increase in spam

[Arthur Stephens]

Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Well. What are the SA scores for those messages?
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images.
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> Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu.
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Here are a few from the message source... I have 190 of them this morning.

X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
    score=1.286, required 6, BAYES_50 0.00, HTML_90_100 0.11,
    HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_02 0.46, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
    MPART_ALT_DIFF_COUNT 0.71)
X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamScore: s

X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
    score=3.004, required 6, BAYES_50 0.00, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
    MIME_HTML_MOSTLY 1.10, SUBJ_LIFE_INSURANCE 1.90)
X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamScore: sss

X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
    score=3.27, required 6, BAYES_50 0.00, HTML_90_100 0.11,
    HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_02 0.46, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
    REMOVE_BEFORE_LINK 2.69)
X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamScore: sss

X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
    score=-1.777, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60,
    HTML_90_100 0.11, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, MPART_ALT_DIFF_COUNT 0.71)

X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
    score=-1.777, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60,
    HTML_90_100 0.11, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, MPART_ALT_DIFF_COUNT 0.71)

-- 
Arthur Stephens
Senior Sales Technician
Ptera Wireless Internet Service
PO Box 135
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-927-7837
For technical support visit http://www.ptera.net/support
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