Re: Re[2]: Spam and more spam

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Paul Jakma writes:
> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Justin Mason wrote:
> 
> > *forged* by spammers.
> 
> Sure? 
> 
> I just cant see the reason why, if one forges X-Mailer, one would set
> it to such a distinctive mailer. ...

Because SpamAssassin gave it a small bonus a couple of years ago ;)

Spammers routinely use X-Mailer strings from other MUAs to make their
mail look more legit.  There's a metric shedload of "Outlook Express",
"mozilla" (with build 25250101 apparently), and whole load of 
other forged strings.

- --j.
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