Re: [Asrg] How to defeat spam that uses encryption?

[Markus Stumpf <maex-lists-spam-ietf-asrg@space.net>]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:55:24AM -0700, Vernon Schryver wrote:
> Many spammers encode their efforts as quoted-printable, base64,
> or even both (never mind the MIME RFCs and MUA behavior).

You mean like in
    Perfo<!--|s=3zd=3FAizd[S0=|d,F08F3-->rmance
    En<!--|s=3zd=3FAizd[S0=|d,F08F3-->hancer
    Enla<!--|s=3zd=3FAizd[S0=|d,F08F3-->rgement
> easier to evade than to operate.  Spammers are always slow and behind.
> Why?

If they are so far behind, why do/did messages of these type pass so much
"ahead" content filters?

> However,
> the stuff must still be deccode or decrypted at zillions of targets
> or spamming is wasted effort.  If it can be decoded to show to a human,
> then it can first be decoded for a filter.

Do you suggest I should write down the passphrase to my private key in
some file so that the filter can decode incoming encrypted emails?

	\Maex

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