Of course, that's not universally true, Keith. Someone is flooding the Internet with email messages so bogus fetchmail spits up on it. I had to telnet into the Earthlink server and manually delete the message. ====8<---- list +OK 1 475 . retr 1 +OK 475 octets Status: U Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from adslsapo-b4-9-210.telepac.pt ([81.193.9.210]) by mx-a065b05.pas.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1cPnx42wr3NZFpL0 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:14:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([81.193.9.210]) by iq1[1 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:14:07 -0800 (PST)
. ====8<---- That is the ENTIRE extent of what was on the Earthlink server. Oy! A new DOS attack.... {^_^} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whyte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joe Zitnik wrote: > > >some of these e-mails are > >getting caught by my rule and some aren't. When I run the ones that are > >getting past through spamassassin manually, they hit my rule as well and > >are above my spam threshold. So why do they make it past? > > > > > Joe, how can you possibly ask that question without also sending your > rule and an example of a mail that got past your rule > we are not psychic!! > > Keith.