Ah well, sod it. It wasn't that important in the end. Cheers
Tristan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Posted At: 17 November 2006 14:11 Posted To: Profox Archive Conversation: [NF] Test Subject: Re: [NF] Test On Nov 17, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Tristan Leask wrote: > [NF] Vista a new OS? The actual rule is: /^Subject: .*\bV.{1,8}[MA] news?/ REJECT RULE: VALIUM,VIAGRA news So it surprises me that it matched. That 'a' before 'new' should have made the rule fail. But looking over the subject checks, it seems that a lot have some variation on filtering out words that start with 'v' and end in 'a', since spammers like to hide their true subjects by mis-spelling or entering additional garbage characters, like 'viaggara' or 'vi.ag-ra' > Vista must be a name for Viagra. It gets you all hot and flustered. Or that it f*cks up your computer! ;-) -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
