[Mimedefang] strange spam coming in

[Kelson]

David F. Skoll wrote:
> WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
> 
>>Are you using SURBL?  It can help alot if they point to the same URL(s) 
>>for the spamvertised items.
> 
> A lot of image spammers have random (or no) plain-text with an image
> containing the spam content.  That's why I generally refuse images
> except from whitelisted senders.

If the HTML actually links to the website, a SURBL check will catch it
(assuming it's been submitted), whether there's any other text or not.

If it's *just* an image and the HTML needed to display it, and the image
isn't clickable... well, at least the spammers' prospective customers
have to jump through more hoops.  At that point, blocking images becomes
the only sure solution, but it's a tough policy to implement for, say,
an ISP.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>