Re: Preventing spammers from using ASK as a spam reflector

Marco Paganini <[email protected]> Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:59:31 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.active-spam-killer.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Erez,

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 04:44:11PM -0400, Erez Zadok wrote:

>> rc_basic_headers = From:,To:,Cc:,Bcc:,Date:,Subject:,Return-Path:,Received:,Delivered-To:
>> rc_max_attach_lines = 0
>
>Is the above only for mail w/ attachments, or for any mail?

This will affect all emails. Without it, ASK will copy 50 lines of the
original message in the confirmation, which is enough to contain spam.  With
the new settings, only the headers specified in rc_basic_headers will be sent
as part of the confirmation message.

Regards,
Paga


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