Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:58:43 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: The spam problem. |
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Manik Raina wrote:
> Now , these mails keep making rounds on this list, though > they've improved my knowlege of African power politics > somewhat, and improved my who's who in Africa, i would > really like it if we could shut the spammer up.
Little chance. These messages are generally written in such a way that there are no useful regexps to distinguish the 419 spam from legitimate email.
I think spamassassin catches about half of the 419 scams, maximum.
kind regards,
Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".
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