Simple solution 1.Spamassassins reads in the message 2. It then stores the original message in two variables 3. In the second variable remove all punctuation, spaces, special encoded characters, foreign language characters, html including html comments, and other methods used for obscufaction. 4. Then run the standard filters on it. 5. If it was clean then process the message using standard rules again in the unmodified state.
If it is spam then mark the original unmodified message as such and send it through. This will leave their only option being html image only spam. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Platt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SpamAssassin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Is punctuation really needed? (fwd) > > Plus, there's very few ga<---BLAH--->ppy p<-blah->orn spams making it too. > > Spammers are catching on that they can't simply spam you anymore - to make > a spam past filters, it's gotta be pretty damn [EMAIL PROTECTED] t0 [EMAIL > PROTECTED] for the spam > filters, and almost as hard for the end user to read too. > > Evan ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
