RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Reimer, Fred
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 machines based

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Wilmes, Rusty
. -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 of the SPAM

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Brian
:[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 of the SPAM and blocks SPAM on machines based on these hash values

RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Wilmes, Rusty
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.. Brian The path

Re: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]

2003-09-04 Thread Brad Dodds
] 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 is often more difficult than the path to stay where you are. On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Wilmes, Rusty wrote: I've been trying

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:

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