RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-03 Thread Vijay Ramcharan
It's an effort by the spammer to change the signature (checksum) of the spam email by inserting random characters. It gets around spam filters which use a signature/checksum technique. I believe the open source Vipul's Razor uses signatures. Vijay Ramcharan -Original Message- From: DeV

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-03 Thread John Neiberger
Reimer, Fred wrote: > > It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid SPAM software that > takes a hash of > the SPAM and blocks SPAM on machines based on these hash > values. There are > some anti-SPAM "solutions" out there that basically relies on > the users to > mark email as SPAM. When they do,

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-03 Thread Reimer, Fred
It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid SPAM software that takes a hash of the SPAM and blocks SPAM on machines based on these hash values. There are some anti-SPAM "solutions" out there that basically relies on the users to mark email as SPAM. When they do, the client machines send the hash of

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Reimer, Fred
John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] Reimer, Fred wrote: > > It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid SPAM software that > takes a hash of > the SPAM and blocks SPAM on

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Wilmes, Rusty
roof. -Original Message- From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] Reimer, Fred wrote: > > It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid SPAM software that > takes a hash

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Brian
--Original Message- > From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] > > > Reimer, Fred wrote: > > > > It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Wilmes, Rusty
manage gator on every 9x client. -Original Message- From: Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] There's a compelling argument for scheduled virus and spyware scans/updates..

Re: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Brad Dodds
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] > > > There's a compelling argument for scheduled virus and spyware > scans/updates.. > > > Brian > > The path to a desireable destination > i