[Mimedefang] Smart spammers...
Michael H Moran
mhm at austin.ibm.com
Sun Sep 8 16:53:01 EDT 2002
David F. Skoll wrote:
> Someone tried to spam this list, but it was rejected because only
> members are allowed to post. However, it snuck by SpamAssassin
> with a score of -98.1. Whoah!!! Further investigation revealed
> that the spammer faked the source address as "AffiliateOffers at amazon.com",
> and SA's default installation whitelists amazon.com.
And, hopefully, bounced the message with explanation to
abuse at amazon.com. While the likelihood of anything coming or the
report, it at least puts it on record for use if the perpetrator ever
gets caught.
Mike
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