> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Pilz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > We run Spam Assassin with the Razor option - and it does a good > job (from what I can tell). With new spam "tactics" being > found daily, I > fear that spammers may catch on to the "point system" that > spam assassin > runs and will easily be able to produce messages that will > not look like > spam to get pass such filters as Spam Assassin and other content-based > filters.
I think we've discussed this before... The upshot is there's really only so much they can do to obfuscate things. If they start doing really messed up things then they won't generate much traffic, and if they stop putting things like 0800 numbers and URLs in their spam, they won't get many hits either. Plus we also seem to be way ahead of the game, and at the worst, unlike viruses, it doesn't matter that much if we let a few through. However I do expect to see the 2.0 cycle stabilise as far as code goes, and mostly have the .cf files being the regularly updated thing. I'm adding a whole bunch of new rules (focussing mostly on non-spam rules, to help the GA) daily, so we should be able to conquer the spam problem fairly well. Matt. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
