On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:25:30PM +0000, Dale Amon wrote: > I've been noticing loads of mails like this lately: > > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:25:34 +0500 > From: "Joseph Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: MIT, rest in peace! > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailer: mPOP Web-Mail 2.19 > > emery atrocious larval drippy elate incontrollable raster anglicanism > checkerberry feed sit ajar saturable decathlon > already climate inhibition pagoda narcissus expository toni > > I can only assume someone out there is trying to attack > bayesian systems by loading them up with all sorts of > normal words so that good mail gets false positives, thus > breaking the systems. > > I presume others are seeing this?
Yup. Thousands each day. I've gone through and used an exim system filter to at least block the email from being delivered (there's usually a link to a site in the email). I'm not sure what to do about the bayesian poisoning of Mailscanner. Tim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer (at home) >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 726 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Moriches, NY 11955 << >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631)399-2910 (888) 924-3728 << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]