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The Growing Field Guide To Spam Techniques

Posted by timothy on from the one-step-behind-is-better-than-brain-death dept.

Aneusomy writes "From Activestate: 'Compiled by Dr. John Graham-Cumming, a leading anti-spam researcher and member of the ActiveState Anti-Spam Task Force, the ActiveState Field Guide to Spam is a selection of the tricks spammers use to hide their messages from filters, providing examples taken from real-world spam messages.' The hope is that Activestate and others can contribute to continually expand this guide, so that anti-spam filters improve."

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  1. spamassassin good, but not good enuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    spam assassin was good, but it was letting spams slip.. Now I use qconfirm to block anybody I dont already know or havent already sent mail to..
    look at all these spamming dirtbags who wont be getting email to my inbox.. ;)

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