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Posted to dev@spamassassin.apache.org by Michael Peddemors <mi...@linuxmagic.com> on 2025/01/14 23:07:08 UTC

[FALSE POSITIVE] Paypal legitimate emails.. LONG_IMG_URI

LONG_IMG_URI is a very high scoring rule..

And notice that I said 'legitimate' paypal messages, given all the 
problems they have had of late..

They also trigger __45_ALNUM_IM


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1736878541&amp;fdata=3DOBcGAzRHBBYcHAQeSFRMKk90PRgwNE9jVWhoGjAsS0gtRmZqagJ6=
Z0ZUZA1kX3tVZFJRUnoATEdaUUwTRBFMSy50aF1xYV1zRn5xW257XFxdUnNoaAVpdFdGdFcnAS9=
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dYU0xRTlRMKk90BiQWGDoHV2hqTng4BAgAAmZ5GBNpLRs4IUowBjgHMhABCS1oHwMaFQQAWVRMS=
U90OQYsNU9jNmhoGyspCQIyFyY7M1MvMCsLPFY6Ny4LMA0EOS5YCRMVFUxRDlRMCQY0aEsFcE8N=
OBoAOxxpS0pMRiQ5KBNpFVVGZRlwS2pHNAoMAjcWTCZYUV1RDFZMSw00IA5kcC5jV359X2p8W1p=
aVXBhYANxY0RQbQtwSWhHcBAYCipTTEc5UUxHHkdbWl9ieVNyaFpxRH1-Xm59S0hORmYueRMIdFVUewhwSWhHcBAbR2J3TEdIR15GFUJVX1pkaEtmcE8rGD0.CgYhDkhMJ2Z5bgd-Y0JTZAxjXH5WZFRZUnIPWUdYU0xRRBsZHAsKKgUhNE9jNmhoKBwGLzskJGZ5exNpOAcAClMhAWpHEUVJLw5nPyMq=
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mZ5GBNpMxULJl1wSWhHcC07OQB7JCUyJCUieFRMKk90PRgwNE9jVWhoHystGQwDBjMxN1wXIQ0X=
MBlwKGpHZldaUHMGWlZARlpBGENUWFltcEtkck9jAi47Bj1pSylMRnBsaAF5ZUxXZwloWnxVZlx=
QXnUWTEVYUQAbWRIfDx88LUtkEU9jR3ssWDt4XAxVBXA-ORNpdlVGOFMlDzkDNw0MR2J3TEdIQg=
hHT0VbD1Y3fgwkcE9hV2g.HC0hDkhMJ2Z5aQAtYhZXY11pCnwAMEVJRWIWHwcXG0xRbVRMW090a=
ktkIhsgKSohAXhpKkhMNB4LDHcFCjEqFHEdSWpFcEUdFSZFMgEMGQlRDDVMSwAgJQZkcE1jVzw6=
CisXGQweFC43Nm0vIB0DdBkRSWoIJAgER2IUTEcLFQsZSVRMKk90fl51YlpzRX57WmF.XlpdXnd=
uaBNpdlVGLV1wSQtHcFVZVncHWEpVXEFRDFZMSxYhaEsFcE9zQ3l8WWFkRkVBRmZ7eRM4IBYOMR=
lwKGpHEzcwIBQFKj4yIClDYVRMSU90LBI1OBw7KT06TngIS0hcUHRuYAVxYUBWdBlySWoDJUVJJ=
mIWLiowNSMkcjwgOjwQGjkMHiA&amp;cks=3DMTFjODE5MDJjNjAxYTgyOGZjY2IxODk2Mjk3OT=
E3M2M&amp;e=3D1.0"

Wondering if a score of 3.0 is a little bit much for this rule..


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Re: [FALSE POSITIVE] Paypal legitimate emails.. LONG_IMG_URI

Posted by John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org>.
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025, Michael Peddemors wrote:

> LONG_IMG_URI is a very high scoring rule..
>
> And notice that I said 'legitimate' paypal messages, given all the problems 
> they have had of late..
>
> Wondering if a score of 3.0 is a little bit much for this rule..

That's based on the masscheck corpora. Apparently they are a bit thin on 
legit paypal ham.

I'll add an exclusion for paypal images tonight.


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