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Posted to dev@spamassassin.apache.org by bu...@bugzilla.spamassassin.org on 2010/02/08 11:23:51 UTC

[Bug 6324] New: Spam asking to fax all senators and congressmen

https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6324

           Summary: Spam asking to fax all senators and congressmen
           Product: Spamassassin
           Version: 3.2.5
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Rules
        AssignedTo: dev@spamassassin.apache.org
        ReportedBy: Martin.vGagern@gmx.net


Created an attachment (id=4667)
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6 sample mails

Lately I've seen a whole spectrum of politically motivated SPAM mails. The
political aims were quite different, but they had in common a request for me to
write a petition to all / the opposing senators and / or congressmen via fax.
Some offered to do the faxing for me. In any case, I believe that rules
matching the words

/senators?/i
/congressm[ae]n/i
/fax/i
/petitions?/i

might all be indicative of this kind of spam. Especially if 1 or 2 occurs
together in the same e-mail as 3 or 4.

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[Bug 6324] Spam asking to fax all senators and congressmen

Posted by bu...@bugzilla.spamassassin.org.
https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6324

Kenneth Porter <sh...@sewingwitch.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Kenneth Porter <sh...@sewingwitch.com> 2010-02-10 19:38:27 UTC ---
There are plenty of legitimate PAC lists that would have those words. For
example, I subscribe to DownsizeDC, and I'll bet NRA and GOA would hit a lot on
it, too. So might various MoveOn-related opt-in groups.

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