Time for someone to contact the tech-press... "New Outlook Bug Increases Spam"
Because ISPs have to whitelist mail that appears to originate from Outlook, questionable messages will now start to appear in mailboxes across the Internet... Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Gufler Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] New CMDSPACE test in latest interim release > Something is happening because you're also failing > SPAMHEADERS on Scott's server. I think that's Outlook 2003. Scott??? > > If those #*$(#@ ruin our tests...grrr. Yes I know. But if I switch to another Mail client this will not solve the problem. There are out too many Outlook 2003 users, and the number due to natural upgrades is increasing not decreasing. Scott wrote: > > How does it work? > From my initial posting about the test: > This one looks for spaces in SMTP commands where there shouldn't be > any. > > Why it can be triggered by an message sent from Outlook 2003? > Because Outlook 2003 is junk. :) So any line in the SMTP log like 01:07 11:17 SMTPD(0413006A) [217.199.8.245] MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01:07 11:17 SMTPD(0413006A) [217.199.8.245] RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...would trigger the CMDSPACE test if there is as spacer between "RCPT TO:" and "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"? Markus --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
