> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:45 PM
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Pling pling, many exclamations, and Yahoo!
>
>
> I was noticing that every time that someone forwards me an
> article from yahoo! news that it scores high on the
> MANY_EXCLAMATIONS and PLING_PLING tests.
>
> Unfortunately Yahoo! also changed the policy about generating
> the MAIL FROM: line. It used to be that of the person sending
> to you. Now it's some long unique id:
>
> <mail-to-friend.geytimbvgyztcmrrfyyc4nrqhaydsmjqgaxdmnbsg43c4m
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> That can't be whitelisted... Grrr...
>
> Is it reasonable to ask if these two tests above can be made to
> *not* count bangs associated with names that have a bang as part
> of their trademark? I.e. CinemaNow! and Yahoo! etc...
>
> -Philip
Why not just right a meta rule so that if the email hits PLING PLING, or MANY_EXCLAMATIONS, and has @returns.bulk.yahoo.com in it, you simply reduce the score by the amount in PLING PLING, or MANY_EXCLAMATIONS?
Even if a spammer fakes this, all it does is remove the PLING PLING or MANY_EXCLAMATIONS scores. No biggy.
--Chris
