http://www.barbarafeldman.com/the-joys-of-spam-filters/ If my life had a tagline, it would go here. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/the-joys-of-spam-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-1943 Dave Taylor Wed, 21 May 2003 21:09:12 +0000 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/blog/the-joys-of-spam-filters/#comment-1943 Mea culpa. I have certain spam things that I give a high score to: score WEB_BUGS 3.0 score NO_REAL_NAME 2.5 score BASE64_ENC_TEXT 4.0 score MISSING_HEADERS 2.0 score MAY_BE_FORGED 2.5 score GAPPY_SUBJECT 2.5 score MSG_ID_ADDED_BY_MTA_3 2.5 score EXPECT_TO_EARN 2.0 I just want to have spam COMPLETELY removed from my mailbox. Mea culpa. I have certain spam things that I give a high score to:
score WEB_BUGS 3.0
score NO_REAL_NAME 2.5
score BASE64_ENC_TEXT 4.0
score MISSING_HEADERS 2.0
score MAY_BE_FORGED 2.5
score GAPPY_SUBJECT 2.5
score MSG_ID_ADDED_BY_MTA_3 2.5
score EXPECT_TO_EARN 2.0
I just want to have spam COMPLETELY removed from my mailbox.

]]> http://www.barbarafeldman.com/the-joys-of-spam-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 Barbara Feldman Wed, 21 May 2003 20:40:01 +0000 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/blog/the-joys-of-spam-filters/#comment-1944 I just checked the two Spam Assassin reports side-by-side and yours assigns 3 points to "Image tag with an ID code to identify you" while the Lyris Content Checker assigns .1 points. Which just goes to show us that TRYING to be smart (and checking email content against one spam filter or another) ONLY gives us email publishers a FALSE sense of security. I just checked the two Spam Assassin reports side-by-side and yours assigns 3 points to “Image tag with an ID code to identify you” while the Lyris Content Checker assigns .1 points.
Which just goes to show us that TRYING to be smart (and checking email content against one spam filter or another) ONLY gives us email publishers a FALSE sense of security.

]]> http://www.barbarafeldman.com/the-joys-of-spam-filters/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Dave Taylor Wed, 21 May 2003 20:29:08 +0000 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/blog/the-joys-of-spam-filters/#comment-1945 Even more curious, Barbara, I too am running SpamAssassin, and that's where all those scores came from. :-) Even more curious, Barbara, I too am running SpamAssassin, and that’s where all those scores came from.

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