Bug 1039 - HTML or base64-encoded msgs get mangled SPAM: report
Summary: HTML or base64-encoded msgs get mangled SPAM: report
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Spamassassin
Classification: Unclassified
Component: spamc/spamd (show other bugs)
Version: SVN Trunk (Latest Devel Version)
Hardware: PC FreeBSD
: P1 critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: SpamAssassin Developer Mailing List
URL: http://abw1.com
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 885 1042 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 317
Blocks:
  Show dependency tree
 
Reported: 2002-09-30 19:56 UTC by Jim Guiltinan
Modified: 2002-12-12 05:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)


Attachment Type Modified Status Actions Submitter/CLA Status
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Jim Guiltinan 2002-09-30 19:56:53 UTC 
Legitimate HTML formatted messages (such as subscribed to newsletters) get 
spam tagged and rendered unreadable.  This is the only reason my users are 
using the whitelist.
Comment 1 Theo Van Dinter 2002-09-30 20:25:36 UTC 
Subject: Re: [SAdev]  New: HTML formatted email messages get spam tagged and shredded by spam assassin

On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:56:53PM -0700, bugzilla-daemon@hughes-family.org wrote:
> Legitimate HTML formatted messages (such as subscribed to newsletters) get 
> spam tagged and rendered unreadable.  This is the only reason my users are 
> using the whitelist.

Is this a case of not configuring SA with the defang_mime trinity?

$ man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf
...
       report_header { 0 | 1 }  (default: 0)
           By default, SpamAssassin will include its report in
           the body of suspected spam.  Enabling this causes the
           report to go in the headers instead. Using
           'use_terse_report' with this is recommended.

       use_terse_report { 0 | 1 }   (default: 0)
           By default, SpamAssassin uses a fairly long report
           format.  Enabling this uses a shorter format which
           includes all the information in the normal one, but
           without the superfluous explanations.

       defang_mime { 0 | 1 }   (default: 1)
           By default, SpamAssassin will change the Content-type:
           header of suspected spam to "text/plain". This is a
           safety feature. If you prefer to leave the Content-
           type header alone, set this to 0.
...
Comment 2 Justin Mason 2002-10-02 03:49:04 UTC 
*** Bug 1042 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Justin Mason 2002-10-02 04:11:20 UTC 
Implementing the new report format (encapsulation in a MIME part)
from bug 317 will fix this.
Comment 4 Justin Mason 2002-10-02 04:12:08 UTC 
*** Bug 885 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Duncan Findlay 2002-12-12 14:53:40 UTC 
defang_mime should fix this. Reopen if it doesn't.