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Chris Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:53:52 -0600
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Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is almost as stupid as rejecting messages because they do not
> appear to be written in English. In the case of leading white space,
> it also shows a fundamental lack of understanding of RFC822. Leading
> white space is not significant, very much like the stamp that the
> post office puts on your letter


It may not be significant as far as the RFC goes, but it IS a
significant indicator of spam.  That's one of the reasons that
SpamAssassin's default score for "too much white space in subject" has a
score high enough to get a message 1/2 way to "spam level".


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