Author: Peter Bowyer Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] missing email problem
On 16/03/06, John W. Baxter <jwblist@???> wrote: > On 3/13/06 7:04 AM, "Peter Bowyer" <peeebeee@???> wrote:
>
> > On 13/03/06, Thad Bryson <tbryson@???> wrote:
> >> This is the contents of /etc/vfilters/velocenet.com:
> >>
> > <snip>
> >
> >> or $message_body contains "cum"
> > ...
> >> or $message_headers contains "sex"
> >
> >
> > Have a think for a moment, how many legitimate messages will this match?
> >
> > "Cumulative statistics for the county of Essex"
>
> Our local (and rather small) telephone directory reveals a Sexauer and
> several Sexton names. Oops, I missed the Sextro. Those are likely to show
> up in $message_headers and $message_bodies from time to time. Readily
> available names, so I'm not revealing anything (and of course a sexton is
> also a sort of church caretaker/gardener/gravedigger).
And there's the well-known problem from the early days of keyword
filtering known as the 'Scunthorpe Effect'.
