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Re: [Asrg] Testing content filters

2003-03-19 10:52:39
At 7:10 AM -0700 3/19/03, Vernon Schryver wrote:
of a virus than to send test spam to a mail system.  To test a spam
filter that can be tested with a standardized test, you can instead
grab something from NANAS or whatever spam you hate and send it from
somewhere, such as a free provider or one of your own systems.  A

This is only true for content filters. And even then it depends on the settings on your content filter. I agree with Matt--there should be a standard string that is always flagged as spam.

You can forward all the spam you want at our spam filter--it won't get flagged as spam because we could care less what's in the message.
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/        Junk-Free Email Filtering
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/   Writings on Technology and Society

I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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