[Mimedefang] Check this X-header out

[Ben Kamen]

I'll edit my rules...

Thanks!

  -Ben


David F. Skoll wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Ben Kamen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Has anyone else seen this - I just looked at a spam and saw:
> 
> 
>>X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring
> 
> 
> ..etc..
> 
> This is Habeas's idea to allow "legitimate" bulk e-mail through.  Basically:
> 
> - Habeas copyrights a Haiku.
> - Habeas licenses the Haiku to "legitimate" e-mail senders.
> - Habeas convinces anti-spam vendors to permit mail with the Haiku in it
>   to pass.  In SpamAssassin, this is the HABEAS_SWE rule, with a default
>   score of -8.0
> - If spammers abuse the Habeas mark, Habeas sues for copyright violation.
> 
> Unfortunately, in my experience, spammers _do_ abuse the Habeas mark, so
> I've nuked the HABEAS_SWE score down to zero.  Sorry, Habeas; nice idea,
> but criminals who think nothing of taking over armies of computers to
> send spam are unlikely to be perturbed by copyright violation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David.
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