Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 15:27 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 03:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: I removed from /trunk/rules and dumped in my sandbox till dev team gives its +1 for addition ot SA ruleset atm, you can find it http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk/rulesrc/sandbox/axb/23_bayes_ignore

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-06 Thread Benny Pedersen
On October 6, 2014 6:04:54 PM Alex wrote: Okay, I think I understand. You're saying that, if not ignored, postfix will strip these headers, making them inaccessible to spamassassin for scoring. Correct? No ignore means dont pass to mailbox, think like postfix just lie to content filters that

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.10.2014 um 18:04 schrieb Alex: Postfix header_checks: /^Received\-SPF/ IGNORE /^X\-Antispam/ IGNORE /^X\-Antivirus/ IGNORE Can you explain how this helps someone using postfix? It helps nothing in postfix, but it might help on content filters,

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-06 Thread Alex
Hi, >> > Postfix header_checks: >> > >> > /^Received\-SPF/ IGNORE >> > /^X\-Antispam/ IGNORE >> > /^X\-Antivirus/ IGNORE > >> Can you explain how this helps someone using postfix? > > > It helps nothing in postfix, but it might help on content filters, carefu

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-06 Thread Benny Pedersen
On October 6, 2014 4:03:11 PM Alex wrote: > Postfix header_checks: > > /^Received\-SPF/ IGNORE > /^X\-Antispam/ IGNORE > /^X\-Antivirus/ IGNORE Can you explain how this helps someone using postfix? It helps nothing in postfix, but it might help on con

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.10.2014 um 16:03 schrieb Alex: Postfix header_checks: /^Received\-SPF/ IGNORE /^X\-Antispam/ IGNORE /^X\-Antivirus/ IGNORE ... Can you explain how this helps someone using postfix? headers from outside are meaningless and untrustable i don't to s

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-06 Thread Alex
Hi, > Postfix header_checks: > > /^Received\-SPF/ IGNORE > /^X\-Antispam/ IGNORE > /^X\-Antivirus/ IGNORE ... Can you explain how this helps someone using postfix? Thanks, Alex

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-05 Thread RW
On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:15:16 +0200 Benny Pedersen wrote: > On October 5, 2014 2:17:28 PM David Jones wrote: > > > > Possible extend dkim plugin to bayes ignore header if not dkim > > > signed, tricky yes, but imho makes sense > > > > Why wouldn't all DKIM headers (X-DKIM above and real ones) be

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-05 Thread Benny Pedersen
On October 5, 2014 2:17:28 PM David Jones wrote: > Possible extend dkim plugin to bayes ignore header if not dkim signed, > tricky yes, but imho makes sense Why wouldn't all DKIM headers (X-DKIM above and real ones) be excluded? These DKIM headers by themselves are not a good indicator as they

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-05 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 05.10.2014 um 14:17 schrieb David Jones: On October 4, 2014 6:50:44 PM jdebert wrote: X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mailsea.docusign.net JQ9N42F3MTC8 ^^ Never seen this before from sendmail. Bogus DKIM header? Iis it also possible to test for conflicting X- header

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-05 Thread David Jones
> On October 4, 2014 6:50:44 PM jdebert wrote: > > > X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mailsea.docusign.net JQ9N42F3MTC8 > >^^ > > Never seen this before from sendmail. Bogus DKIM header? > > Iis it also possible to test for conflicting X- headers? > Possible extend dkim plug

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-05 Thread Benny Pedersen
On October 4, 2014 6:50:44 PM jdebert wrote: > X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mailsea.docusign.net JQ9N42F3MTC8 ^^ Never seen this before from sendmail. Bogus DKIM header? Iis it also possible to test for conflicting X- headers? Possible extend dkim plugin to bayes ignore

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread jdebert
On Fri, 3 Oct 2014 15:55:48 -0400 "David F. Skoll" wrote: > X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mailsea.docusign.net JQ9N42F3MTC8 ^^ Never seen this before from sendmail. Bogus DKIM header? Iis it also possible to test for conflicting X- headers?

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 18:41 schrieb John Hardin: On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 04.10.2014 um 13:48 schrieb Reindl Harald: blacklist_from *.mail this tld will be valid soon https://www.united-domains.de/neue-top-level-domain/ ...and will likely only be used for spam sadly t

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread John Hardin
On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, Robert Schetterer wrote: Am 04.10.2014 um 13:48 schrieb Reindl Harald: blacklist_from *.mail this tld will be valid soon https://www.united-domains.de/neue-top-level-domain/ ...and will likely only be used for spam. -- John Hardin KA7OHZhttp://www.

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread David F. Skoll
On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 13:59:54 +0200 Benny Pedersen wrote: > On October 4, 2014 4:08:00 AM "David F. Skoll" > wrote: > > So it occurs to me that if > > a mail comes in with a Return-Path: header that does not match > > the envelope sender, that's another very suspicious sign. > As this mail list

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 15:27 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 03:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: the merged list is in SVN trunk... 23_bayes_ignore_header.cf thank you! Not included are : bayes_ignore_header X-Authenticated-As bayes_ignore_header X-Authenticated-Sender bayes_ignore_header X-Authenticated-U

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Axb
On 10/04/2014 03:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 04.10.2014 um 15:16 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 01:35 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 04.10.2014 um 12:48 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actu

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 15:16 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 01:35 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 04.10.2014 um 12:48 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actually be part of SAa default setup. For quite

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Axb
On 10/04/2014 01:35 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 04.10.2014 um 12:48 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actually be part of SAa default setup. For quite a while, I've been compiling a list

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On October 4, 2014 4:08:00 AM "David F. Skoll" wrote: So it occurs to me that if a mail comes in with a Return-Path: header that does not match the envelope sender, that's another very suspicious sign. On 04.10.14 13:59, Benny Pedersen wrote: As this mail list here :) a mistake probably (on

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 14:13 schrieb Robert Schetterer: Am 04.10.2014 um 13:48 schrieb Reindl Harald: blacklist_from *.mail this tld will be valid soon https://www.united-domains.de/neue-top-level-domain/ thanks for the hint - removed! the list was filtered out of postscreen-HELO-logs and anyth

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 04.10.2014 um 13:48 schrieb Reindl Harald: > blacklist_from *.mail this tld will be valid soon https://www.united-domains.de/neue-top-level-domain/ Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesell

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Benny Pedersen
On October 4, 2014 4:08:00 AM "David F. Skoll" wrote: So it occurs to me that if a mail comes in with a Return-Path: header that does not match the envelope sender, that's another very suspicious sign. As this mail list here :)

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 13:16 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 12:48 PM, Axb wrote: On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actually be part of SAa default setup. For quite a while, I've been compiling a list for local

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 04.10.2014 um 12:48 schrieb Axb: On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actually be part of SAa default setup. For quite a while, I've been compiling a list for local use. Merging Reindl's list I've come

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Axb
On 10/04/2014 12:48 PM, Axb wrote: On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actually be part of SAa default setup. For quite a while, I've been compiling a list for local use. Merging Reindl's list I've come t

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Axb
On 10/04/2014 12:21 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: Hmm,h.rei...@thelounge.net's list of "bayes_ignore_header"s could (should?!) actually be part of SAa default setup. For quite a while, I've been compiling a list for local use. Merging Reindl's list I've come to 137 entries... and growing

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2014-10-03 at 16:07 -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: [...] > That's true, but I think if we see headers from multiple vendors, it's > pretty suspicious. Not many sites filter their mail via Barracuda > *and* IronPort *and* KLMS *and* PerlMx *and* ... etc. In general, X- headers are non-Rfc/lo

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-04 Thread Axb
On 10/04/2014 04:08 AM, David F. Skoll wrote: Also, in this particular case, the Return-Path: header was fake... it was put there by the sender. The actual envelope sender was completely different: It was<41324...@mail.com>. So it occurs to me that if a mail comes in with a Return-Path: head

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread David F. Skoll
On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 23:16:35 +0200 Axb wrote: > interesting... > welcome.aexp.com. 14400 IN TXT "v=... etc." Yes, I know all that... none of these spams is actually getting through. I just thought the many X-* headers might be a new pattern. Also, in this particular case, the

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread Axb
On 10/03/2014 09:55 PM, David F. Skoll wrote: Return-Path: > Received: from mail.com ([190.237.242.198]) interesting... welcome.aexp.com. 14400 IN TXT "v=spf1 mx a ip4:148.173.96.86 ip4:148.173.96.85 ip4:148.173.91.84 ip4:148.173.91.83 -all" welcome.aexp.com. 14400

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.10.2014 um 22:07 schrieb David F. Skoll: > On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:02:59 +0200 > Reindl Harald wrote: > >> hard to say in general, that are not so much X-Headers > >> i have seen a lot of spam really tagged with such >> headers because some outgoing mailserver had indeed >> a spamfilter an

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread David F. Skoll
Sorry to follow up on myself, but... > > depending on how many hops a mail takes > > the number of such headers increases Yes, so a refinement may be to make the threshold depend in some way on the number of Received: headers too. This would clearly have to be an eval() test. Regards, David.

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread David F. Skoll
On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:02:59 +0200 Reindl Harald wrote: > hard to say in general, that are not so much X-Headers > i have seen a lot of spam really tagged with such > headers because some outgoing mailserver had indeed > a spamfilter and the messages did not reach the block > score and depending

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.10.2014 um 21:55 schrieb David F. Skoll: > I've noticed a trend in which spammers put in a bunch of X- header > purporting to show that a message is good. I've appended sample > headers (slightly obfuscated to hide recipient) below. > > I wonder if a test for more than (say) 8 "X-*" header

Re: Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 10/3/2014 3:55 PM, David F. Skoll wrote: Hi, I've noticed a trend in which spammers put in a bunch of X- header purporting to show that a message is good. I've appended sample headers (slightly obfuscated to hide recipient) below. I wonder if a test for more than (say) 8 "X-*" header in an

Many X- headers - possible spam sign?

2014-10-03 Thread David F. Skoll
Hi, I've noticed a trend in which spammers put in a bunch of X- header purporting to show that a message is good. I've appended sample headers (slightly obfuscated to hide recipient) below. I wonder if a test for more than (say) 8 "X-*" header in an inbound mail would be a good spam indicator?