Index: rules/20_html_tests.cf
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--- rules/20_html_tests.cf	(revision 809779)
+++ rules/20_html_tests.cf	(working copy)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 describe HIDE_WIN_STATUS	Javascript to hide URLs in browser
 
 rawbody __OBFUSCATING_COMMENT_A	/\w(?:<![^>]*>)+\w/
-rawbody __OBFUSCATING_COMMENT_B	/[^\s>](?:<![^>]*>)+[^\s<]/
+rawbody __OBFUSCATING_COMMENT_B	/[^\s>!#](?:<![^>]*>)+[^\s<]/
 meta OBFUSCATING_COMMENT	((__OBFUSCATING_COMMENT_A && HTML_MESSAGE) || (__OBFUSCATING_COMMENT_B && MIME_HTML_ONLY))
 describe OBFUSCATING_COMMENT	HTML comments which obfuscate text