Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-spamassassin-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 81944 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2009 12:48:04 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 27 Oct 2009 12:48:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 11904 invoked by uid 500); 27 Oct 2009 12:48:01 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-spamassassin-users-archive@spamassassin.apache.org Received: (qmail 11880 invoked by uid 500); 27 Oct 2009 12:48:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@spamassassin.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@spamassassin.apache.org Received: (qmail 11871 invoked by uid 99); 27 Oct 2009 12:48:01 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:48:01 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of dave.list@pixelhammer.com designates 65.124.104.104 as permitted sender) Received: from [65.124.104.104] (HELO smtp1.tls.net) (65.124.104.104) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:47:58 +0000 Received: (qmail 14895 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2009 12:47:36 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 14832, pid: 14864, t: 7.5887s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp1.tls.net X-Spam-Level: Received: from 208-70-44-208.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.1.46?) (ldg@tls.net@208.70.44.208) by ssl-smtp1.tls.net with ESMTPA; 27 Oct 2009 12:47:29 -0000 Message-ID: <4AE6EBCC.4060907@pixelhammer.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:47:08 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Geocities closed References: <55e03a0a0910261615rbf0f643p969031a929472b4a@mail.gmail.com> <4AE6D13F.5020703@lists.grepular.com> <218B6C75-465F-4F13-A338-617ED8BC0BA8@kreme.com> <1256647374.9806.11.camel@testicle> In-Reply-To: <1256647374.9806.11.camel@testicle> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Old-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=7.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 richard@buzzhost.co.uk wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 05:08 -0600, LuKreme wrote: >> On 27-Oct-2009, at 04:53, Mike Cardwell wrote: >>> Why have any geocities specific rules any more if geocities doesn't >>> exist? It's not as if spammers can host their websites on geocities >>> anymore so there's no reason why a spammer would include a geocities >>> url in their spam. May as well just delete the rules... >> >> If the links are still appearing in SPAM then no, don't delete the >> rules, just bump up the scores. >> > > Would this not be almost entirely pointless? With spam the motto is > 'follow the money'. if the link does not work, there is no path to the > money to follow. Other than prospecting for valid recipients {which > could be done just as easily without the link} there is no benefit for a > spammer to include a link of this nature. I have been scoring any mail with a geocities URL at +5 for over a year now without a complaint. I believe I will leave the geocities rules in place until they no longer hit mail. DAve -- "Posterity, you will know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it." John Quincy Adams http://appleseedinfo.org