[Sderby] That's got to be a record!

[Alan Dunford]

On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 19:31, James Gibbon wrote:
> Alan Dunford wrote:
> > Seriously, have you tried SpamAssassin which will filter
> > suspected SPAM, applying sets of rules like looking for
> > references to Viagra etc and then banging the lot into a SPAM
> > file.  I am receiving uipwards of 20 spam messages a day on a
> > domestic system but only a few find their way into my in box.
>
> Yes, I use it in conjunction with fetchmail - works a treat,
> although I've found that six or seven .pif attachments have got
> through in the last few days - harmlessly, of course.
>

Similar experience here - I suspect the SPAM creators are getting wise 
to the algorithms which SpamAssassin and similar are using now.  
Maybe we need to look at the updates currently available.  


Alan


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