On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 19:02 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Michelle Konzack wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > to gmane.linux.debian.user: > > > Am 2007-03-07 11:19:30, schrieb Chris Lale: > >> There was some discussion on the list a while ago about how to deal with > >> spam that has text as graphics embedded in it. There was disagreement > >> about whether or not to use it to teach SpamAssassin. I have continued > >> feeding this spam to SpamAssassin, but a large amount still gets through. > >> > >> Does anyone know of a way to deal with spam with embedded graphics? I > >> cannot use greylisting on a home desktop machine. > >> > >> Any thoughts welcome. > > > > On SMTP level? > > > > You can test the incoming HEADER if it contain > > > > Content-Type:.*image/(gif|jpeg|pjpeg|png) > > Why do it this way when using spamassassin at SMTP time lets you reject the > spam regardless of content at SMTP time instead of using heuristics that > *will* come back to haunt you later?
It depends on whether or not that haunt bothers you. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
