[Mimedefang] Question about mimedefang-filter

Kenneth Porter shiva at sewingwitch.com
Sat Nov 25 14:56:11 EST 2006


--On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:01 AM -0800 Kelson <kelson at speed.net> 
wrote:

> Not to mention legit words that contain blacklisted words.  Looking for
> "cialis" will trigger on "specialist", for instance.

That particular example can be addressed by putting word boundary markers 
in the regex. But the general principal holds. And accurate spelling of a 
drug name may be a counter-indicator of spam, given that most modern spam 
throws noise into the names to avoid spam filters.





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