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RE: a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam!
From: allan.vanleeuwen () orangemail nl
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:18:01 +0100
But does the software actually check if it's a 'valid' pgp signature ? Coz lots of spam these days have 'bogus pgp signatures', exactly BECAUSE a lot of anti spam software flags them as 'non-spam'... So they use something that LOOKS like a signature to fool the anti spam software.... Sorry about my english Allan -----Original Message----- From: Eric Bowser [mailto:ebowser () i-trap net] Sent: woensdag 12 november 2003 16:47 To: onedo () gmx net Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! The filtering service I sell considers PG signatures to be a plus, and is less likely to get a SPAM hit. On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 21:22, onedo () gmx net wrote:
Hi everyone I had to notice something today that really disturbed me. A friend of mine(working for a very big company) complained, that she doesn't get any mails from me anymore. It turned out, that apparently my mails went
straight
into the spam filter, as I signed everyone of them. When I sent unsigned mails, she got them. What do we learn? Crypto is bad m'kay? But for real, does that mean that we won't be able to sign any mails
anymore
soon, due to the spam problem(and stupid admins)? 'EGovernment' is the big word everywhere nowadays. The electronic
signature is
mentioned as a way to ensure the credidibility of sender and receiver. Now
what? Guys(and girls), the situation sucks. What do you think? And, most
important
of all, do you see any way to fight this behaviour? Because honestly, I don't. Greets $me _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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Current thread:
- Re: a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam!, (continued)
- Re: a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! Michael Gale (Nov 11)
- Re: a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! Steffen Kluge (Nov 11)
- Re: a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! Chris Ruvolo (Nov 12)
- Re: PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! onedo (Nov 12)
- Re: PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! Shawn McMahon (Nov 13)
- Re: a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam! Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 12)