Steven, Thanks for the excellent link. I agree that Word isn't a good editor, and it's slow as all get out (at least to start). Some execs insist on it, so we do what we can. Hopefully Office 12 will improve things; it certainly looks good.
Thanks, Erick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dickenson, Steven > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 1:30 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Will HTML as default message type increase spam scores? > > We've been using HTML as our outgoing default for a while > now, and I haven't had any reports of problems. Also, > SpamAssassin is going to hit you more for mal-formed HTML > mail and certain tags. HTML mail is very common these days, > and the SA team checks their rules against a corpus of mail > for the purposes of calculating scores. If a certain > percentage of HTML tags hits against the ham corpus, the > rule's score is usually reduced to 0 or 0.1. > > The only thing I would recommend is to disable using Word as > the mail editor. The HTML that Word produces will likely > cause you false positives. > > This page may help you in making your decision: > > http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AvoidingFpsForSenders > > Steven > --- > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Computer Network > Manager The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Erick Thompson > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 3:21 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Will HTML as default message type increase spam scores? > > I'm considering moving outgoing email from a rich text > default to HTML. > My main concern is that HTML email will be more likely to be > tagged as SPAM by some products, especially spam assassin > like systems. At least I know this was the case in the past. > Will going with HTML increase the probability that messages > will be tagged as spam? > > BTW, for the most part, this wouldn't involve images in the > messages, or any sort of scripts, etc. Just display layout. > > Thanks, > Erick > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
