OK: this is killing me. I've tried to write a simple header-user recipe that blocks this spam message (since it fails every other test in the JF repetoire)...
Todd Boss
boss@...
May 5, 2003 3:19 pm
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... Don't forget to set JF_USER=1 in junkfilter.config......
Recently I've noticed a pattern in mails that are defeating the junkfilter. Spammers are embedding HTML comments in the middle of words that should be caught. ...
Kevin Ring
kring@...
May 8, 2003 2:59 pm
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One way could be to have procmail send each message first for processing as you describe (which could be done by your external program which then resubmits it)...
Ralph Huntington
rjh@...
May 8, 2003 3:12 pm
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Lynx can act as a filter to display html mail on a terminal or redirected in to a file but I am not sure how to harness this for junkfilter. The ultimate...
Martin McCormick
martin@...
May 8, 2003 4:05 pm
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... I'd probably suggest that "stripping HTML for every message" is exactly what you need to do. I accept HTML-email from people in my whitelist only; all ...
Rich: Your strategy sounds very much like what I'd like to do, but getting it all configured properly is stalling me. Would you consider sharing your...
tom sgouros
tomss@...
May 8, 2003 5:16 pm
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... Yup. So I updated my filters so that an HTML comment in the middle of a word flags the email as spam. I've seen HTML comments in emails composed by MUAs...
Eric S
ejs@...
May 8, 2003 6:11 pm
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Great. So, can we get this particular feature implemented in a future JF release? Actually; non spam-specific question. Shortly after the demise of the ...
Todd Boss
boss@...
May 8, 2003 6:21 pm
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Thanks for the tip Eric. I just added a rule to my procmailrc and it's already caught garbage. Here's what I did, maybe it'll help someone else, ... *...
Kevin Ring
kring@...
May 8, 2003 7:03 pm
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I am a grateful junkfilter user, but I am having to abandon it for better methods. It is probably time for most of us to consider awarding it some medals,...
... Sure. In the .procmailrc I first sort out all the "known to be good" mail (email lists, etc.) before using JF (no sense wasting cycles) then... # store a...
Man, i have a hard time believing you've got a 10% failure rate using junkfilter, at the same time where i've got almost a 100% success rate. I don't get 300...
Todd Boss
boss@...
May 9, 2003 2:22 pm
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... I've been using spamprobe, another Bayesian filter, for about 6 months. You can see my spam counts at http://www.phord.com/spam/ I don't list "false...
Hi, While I still use junkfilter, it only traps 30-40 spams a day at best for me -- mostly because I have so much anti-spam stuff upstream. I'm a big mail of...
Jeff A. Earickson
jaearick@...
May 9, 2003 7:50 pm
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I was about to add the RE to trap words with html directives in them, but I am not sure enough of what I am doing yet. It looks like this belongs in bodychk. ...
Martin McCormick
martin@...
May 9, 2003 9:40 pm
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... I wasn't sure whether is was OK to mention SpamAssassin here ;-), but since you did... I run junkfilter and SpamAssassin on all incoming email. What ...
... [...] Maybe also a useful hint for anybody fighting spam: http://www.eleven.de/ They commercially offer a flexible, very configurable spam filtering ...
Martin Ramsch
m.ramsch@...
May 9, 2003 10:49 pm
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On Fri, 09 May 2003 16:08:26 -0500 ... in junkfilter.user There is a sample in the junkfilter.user-default file....
I installed the recipe in junkfilter.user that we have been discussing. ... * ^Content-type:(.*\<)?multipart * B ?? ^Content-transfer-encoding: base64 * B ?? !...
Martin McCormick
martin@...
May 12, 2003 3:01 pm
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... Martin, This particular test just looks for the MIME'ish "headers". If there is a multipart content header in the message's headers AND, in the body of the...
On Mon, 12 May 2003 10:01:05 -0500 ... I am using that recipe and it has caught a few spams. Send me that spam ( to croak at shadypond d o t com) and we will...
... Works fine on both my domains. Keep in mind if you forward the message, you will likely get an empty plain text part. That will cause the message to pass ...
On Mon, 12 May 2003 10:11:59 -0700 ... I forgot about that. The recipe does work for me, though, and right after that sample spam message, I received a spam...
Lately, spammers seem to be getting wise to filtering, and I don't know how to write a recipe that will take care of Subject: headers that contain for example...
... I'm using maildrop rather than procmail (still read this list though), so this may not be an exact match, but what I use (translated from maildrop ...
Eric S
ejs@...
May 15, 2003 7:08 pm
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On Thu, 15 May 2003 12:08:37 -0700 (PDT) ... Thanks, I think I can use something like that. -- Andrew...
I use junkfilter and find it very useful. Howeevr, in order to reduce false positives on internal company email, I want a rule that says something like ...