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Re: SPAM with a PGP signature?


From: linus () alcom aland fi (Linus Sjöberg)
Date: 21 Jul 2003 21:50:36 +0300

KF <dotslash () snosoft 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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