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Re: SPAM with a PGP signature?


From: Florian Huber <florian.huber () mnet-online de>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:29:28 +0200

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:54:11 -0400
KF <dotslash () snosoft com> wrote:

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

Some spamfilters (like SpamAssassin) condsider pgp-signed as non-spam.
(It's not that simple, i should say, they lower the score the mail has
during the spam detection process)

HTH
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