On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 11:20 -0700, Dan Lund wrote: > On Nov 9, 2007 11:11 AM, Craig White wrote: > > ---- > > doesn't make much sense > > > > if it's image only spam, and spamassassin scores it as spam, it still > > doesn't remove the image. > > You can configure it to "defang" spam. Back when I ran spamassassin > on a corporate level many years ago, I did this to keep our users from > being infected by viruses through images until a fix was brought > around by our crew to patch the issue in Windows. > > I haven't messed with spamassassin in years, though. ---- I don't see anyone using spamassassin to alter e-mails directly (at least other than adding headers/scoring) the past 5 years or so. there are tools (mime-defang, MailScanner, amavisd-new and probably others) that will alter the body sections including 'defang' but to have an image only e-mail and some system that removes the image but yet still delivers the e-mail seems to be seriously fundamentally flawed and I don't think I would accept the premise that the procedure is in any way acceptable. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss