At 12:59 PM -0700 3/31/03, Vernon Schryver wrote:
No, that is wrong. A filter can decode the SMTP body exactly as it
will be decoded by the MUA. If the MUA can decode the message enough
This turns out to be non-trivial when dealing with Microsoft
software. Microsoft has a habit of trying to "correct" for mistakes
in the sending software. And spammers take advantage of that fact.
(Personally I think that correcting for mistakes is great when you
talk about the user on your machine, and really stupid when you are
talking about remote software. )
On the bright side, a spam filter doesn't need to decode most of
those--it just needs to look for someone trying to take advantage of
them... so long as there isn't legitimate mail out there using the
same technique (intentionally or not).
--
Kee Hinckley
http://www.messagefire.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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