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Message-ID: <20031007150555.GA26959@eiv.com>
From: smcmahon at eiv.com (Shawn McMahon)
Subject: Spam with PGP

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:21:39AM -0400, Security Administrator said:
> 
>  I remember hearing this is another method for bypassing spam filters.
> Apparently some filters will pass e-mail with PGP signatures thinking it
> is legitimate. It is an interesting concept, though.

Spamassassin needs to check the sig, and only give it points if it's
valid.

Yes, I realize this means many "legit" sigs won't get points.  Spam
sucks.


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