Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:32:07 -0400, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > or quoted : >>Formatted spam can include pictures of words. That's a common spam >>tactic - send a multipart/alternative with a text part that look like >>a letter from aunt jane - and mention that you're sending a >>picture. The picture part is basically a jpeg of a flyer for the spam >>companies product. > Such a jpg would have a lot more sharp edges than a usual photo. Also > you tend to have areas of just two colours. Some edge detecting > software might have a go at it.
It's probably possible. No one has done it yet. > However, my rule of thumb is I would not accept photos from the > general public, only from a subset of my correspondendents. That > makes a photo a strong spam indicator. But you also said (in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > Censoring content and style is none of our business. Spam is all about censoring content. But you're proposing censoring style to deal with pictures of words. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list