Russian spam - header checks

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sat Sep 20 14:32:29 IST 2008


You can do it without all the overhead of MCP, read about "SpamAssassin 
Rule Actions" in MailScanner.conf. This will be a **LOT** faster.

Kevin Howard wrote:
> We found the locales rules didn't help stop the Russian spam. 
>
> We're doing it successfully using MCP;
>
> header   RULE7    Subject:raw =~ /koi8/i
> describe RULE7    Banned Subject
> score    RULE7    6.7
>
> the ":raw" part is the key.
>  
> Or it can be done in the SA rules using this:
>  
> header   LOCAL_CYRILLIC           Subject:raw =~ /koi8/i
> describe LOCAL_CYRILLIC          Cyrillic fonts
> score    LOCAL_CYRILLIC           3 
>
> Someone else on here gave me this tip a week or so ago, I can't find the
> original message, but thanks whoever it was :)
>
> Kevin
>
>   

Jules

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