On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Svein Larsen wrote: > Hi, does anybody know if spamassassing remove tags before scanning for > words like Viagra? > Spammers now build their html messages like this: > > V<sna>ia<dsal>gra > > and the html og this is going to be "Viagra" cause unknown tags are > ignored.
1) Out of the box, spamassassin will ignore the markup and catch the "Viagra" there. 2) If you install Jennifer's Backhair set (http://www.emtinc.net/spamhammers.htm) it'll be even better; that will actually get 2 extra points for the (futile) attempt at obfuscation. -- Adam Lopresto http://cec.wustl.edu/~adam/ A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. --H.L. Mencken
