full-disclosure - SPAM with a PGP signature?

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From: linus at alcom.aland.fi (Linus Sjöberg)
Subject: SPAM with a PGP signature?

KF <dotslash@...soft.com> writes:

> Has anyone noticed alot of spam coming in recently with pgp sigs
> attached? What would be the benefit of doing that?

Spamassassin gives aprox -2.5 points to emails containing a pgp signature, so
I guess that it is an attempt to fool spam detection systems.

(Ain't this quite OT for this list??)

/LS

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