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RE: Increasing spam from NZ ADSL hosts

From: Craig Whitmore <lennon_at_orcon.net.nz>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:53:17 +1200
Message-Id: <200406132152.i5DLqbEK019124@dbmail-mx4.orcon.co.nz>

Yes. It was me :-)

header GERMANSPAM MESSAGEID =~ /^<.*[a-z].*\.qmail\@.*>/
describe GERMANSPAM Contains German Spam
score GERMANSPAM 20 20 20 20

Works 100%

Thanks
Craig

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Cooper
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:18 AM
> To: Craig Humphrey
> Cc: 'adsl@lists.unixathome.org'
> Subject: Re: Increasing spam from NZ ADSL hosts
>
> Yeah, theres been heaps in the news about it - have a look at some of
> the IT news sites:
> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/C0F6690249C852D2CC256EB0000B4F84
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/11/german_hate_mail_virus/
>
> I think someone from this list developed a spamassasin rule that is
> picking them up.
>
> Craig Humphrey wrote:
>
> >Hi People,
> >
> >Has anyone else noticed the increasing volume of German Spam from NZ ADSL
> >hosts?
> >I've had dozens over the last week, all from ADSL IP's. So far from
> Xtra,
> >IHUG and Paradise.
> >
> >What do people think, exploit based spam relaying or have professional
> >spammers come to NZ?
> >
> >Note: these are beating my spam blocker, since it doesn't understand
> German.
> >
> >Later'ish
> >Craig
> >
> >
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