On 5/19/26 6:24 PM, Kent Oyer wrote:
That was sort of intentional. I feel that probing every URL from bing.com, 
msn.com, and google.com just to see if it's a redirector is wasteful and 
potentially dangerous.
at least google[.]com/search is abused and other urls as well, listing all of 
them might be a very long task.

The other domains (list-manage.com, etc.) are less dangerous, but you still run the risk 
of hitting unsubscribe links and tracking pixels. The only "safe" way to probe 
them is if the path matches a known redirector pattern. I'm happy to discuss it further 
if there is a better solution.

no real solution for the moment, disabling most redirector's rules for many 
users is unexpected from a user's pov IMHO.

P.S. I couldn't find any examples of a redirector URL from msn.com. Are you 
aware of any?

I cannot find any atm but I bet to have seen one.
 Thanks
   Giovanni

Thanks
Kent




On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 02:53 AM, [email protected] wrote:

    On 5/19/26 8:16 AM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

        Author: fkento
        Date: Tue May 19 06:16:49 2026
        New Revision: 1934386

        Log:
        Prevent wasted HTTP traffic to non-redirect URLs


    I think this commit will disable redirector checks for some domains for all 
users that are not running trunk.
    We need a `if 
!can(Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Redirectors::has_url_redirector_path)` to 
cover previous versions IMHO.
    Cheers
    Giovanni

        * awstrack.me
        * exactag.com
        * cc.rs6.net
        * mandrillapp.com
        * list-manage.com
        * bing.com
        * msn.com
        * msn.com.br

        Modified:
        spamassassin/trunk/rules/25_url_redirectors.cf

        Modified: spamassassin/trunk/rules/25_url_redirectors.cf
        
==============================================================================
        --- spamassassin/trunk/rules/25_url_redirectors.cf   Tue May 19 
06:12:45 2026   (r1934385)
        +++ spamassassin/trunk/rules/25_url_redirectors.cf   Tue May 19 
06:16:49 2026   (r1934386)
        @@ -52,22 +52,16 @@ score REDIR_URL_LOOP            0.01

        url_redirector .allaincemh.com
        url_redirector .australia4wdrentals.com
        -url_redirector .awstrack.me
        url_redirector .benchurl.com
        url_redirector .blob.core.windows.net
        -url_redirector .cc.rs6.net
        url_redirector .ct.sendgrid.net
        -url_redirector .exactag.com
        url_redirector .hosted.phplist.com
        url_redirector .href.li
        url_redirector .maverickcrm.com
        -url_redirector .msn.com
        -url_redirector .msn.com.br
        url_redirector .yandex.net
        url_redirector .yandex.ru
        url_redirector auctiva.com
        url_redirector awin1.com
        -url_redirector bing.com
        url_redirector cqbbs.cc
        url_redirector cdn.dragon.cere.network
        url_redirector channelchief.varindia.com
        @@ -81,7 +75,6 @@ url_redirector link.sowl.to
        url_redirector linklock.titanhq.com
        url_redirector links.e.shopmyexchange.com
        url_redirector mccarthysearch.com
        -url_redirector mandrillapp.com
        url_redirector notifications.googleapis.com
        url_redirector post.spmailtechnolo.com
        url_redirector secure-web.cisco.com
        @@ -111,19 +104,12 @@ url_redirector_get t.nypost.com
        url_redirector_get track.pstmrk.it

        if can(Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Redirectors::has_url_redirector_path)
        -    clear_url_redirector .awstrack.me
        url_redirector .awstrack.me/L0/
        -
        -    clear_url_redirector .exactag.com
        url_redirector .exactag.com/cl.aspx
        -
        -    clear_url_redirector .cc.rs6.net
        url_redirector .cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp
        -
        -    clear_url_redirector mandrillapp.com
        url_redirector mandrillapp.com/track/click
        -
        url_redirector .list-manage.com/track/click
        +    url_redirector bing.com/ck/a
        url_redirector substack.com/redirect/
        url_redirector go.pardot.com/e/


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