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Administrivia: Sorry about the delayed mails

Subject: Administrivia: Sorry about the delayed mails
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:10:37 -0400
One distinct disadvantage to the current spam levels is all the work one
might do to tweak anti-spam filters to minimize the load. One true in
place of a false and spam got delivered to my approvals folder while
valid messages got delivered to my spam folder. Sigh...

Before y'all give me great advice on good anti-spam programs, my problem
is somewhat unique. I'm scanning messages within messages, as all of the
mail I'm trying to filter comes from the same address (the Listserv
processor.) It makes for some interesting challenges in detection and
avoiding false detections.

I've cleaned up the backlog now (gee, I just thought things were really,
really quiet) and corrected the flipped bit. I'll be checking both the
approvals and spam folders for some time to ensure this doesn't happen
yet again.

Cheers,
Russ - NTBugtraq Editor

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NTBugtraq Editor's Note:

Most viruses these days use spoofed email addresses. As such, using an 
Anti-Virus product which automatically notifies the perceived sender of a 
message it believes is infected may well cause more harm than good. Someone who 
did not actually send you a virus may receive the notification and scramble 
their support staff to find an infection which never existed in the first 
place. Suggest such notifications be disabled by whomever is responsible for 
your AV, or at least that the idea is considered.
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