stobal Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this. My mails are frequently blocked and hence my mailserver listed as spammer, only because I'm using languages with letters other than ASCII 128 (as I see as the reason). I do not find it fair. And I'm not amused at all. Aren't the spam filter programs using any language identification at all? Enclosed a snippet of the last blockade. Language used is finnish. The subject contains two letters ä (= a with two dots), and poof! I mean, do I read it right? Anyway, my answer with the same subject bounced. ----- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:35:50 +0100 Message-Id: <200602251235.k1PCZoLp028867[at]www.ottoauto.de> To: webmaster[at]ottoauto.de Subject: Palautelomake kävijältä From: markku isoniemi <markku.isoniemi[at]t-online.de> X-purgate-ID: 149285::060225133551-592F4000-7CB75C3F Delivered-To: webmaster[at]ottoauto.de X-VISP-spam-Score: 4.7 (++++) X-VISP-spam-Report: This message has been scanned on "daiquiri.visp.de" to identify if it is considered spam or not. Contact the support hotline for details. Content analysis details: (4.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 3.4 SUBJ_ILLEGAL_CHARS Subject: has too many raw illegal characters 1.3 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net [blocked - see <http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?194.97.107.189>] X-VISP-spam-Max-Score: +++++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUnderwood Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 My mails are frequently blocked and hence my mailserver listed as spammer, only because I'm using languages with letters other than ASCII 128 (as I see as the reason). X-VISP-spam-Score: 4.7 (++++) X-VISP-spam-Report: This message has been scanned on "daiquiri.visp.de" to identify if it is considered spam or not. Contact the support hotline for details. Content analysis details: (4.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 3.4 SUBJ_ILLEGAL_CHARS Subject: has too many raw illegal characters 1.3 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net [blocked - see <http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?194.97.107.189>] X-VISP-spam-Max-Score: +++++ 40764[/snapback] You've got it a little backwards....Your server has sent spam and been added to the BL because of it, hence your messages are being bounced back to you (or simply dropped, depending on the setup of the receiving system). The foreign characters in the subject is one of the reasons that this system is using to decide what is spam. The owner of the receiving server can use whatever criteria they want for accepting email. By strict interpretation of the RFC's ( http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html ), your special character is not allowed in the subject field. 2.2. Header Fields Header fields are lines composed of a field name, followed by a colon (":"), followed by a field body, and terminated by CRLF. A field name MUST be composed of printable US-ASCII characters (i.e., characters that have values between 33 and 126, inclusive), except colon. A field body may be composed of any US-ASCII characters, except for CR and LF. However, a field body may contain CRLF when used in header "folding" and "unfolding" as described in section 2.2.3. All field bodies MUST conform to the syntax described in sections 3 and 4 of this standard. And the subject is specifically defined as: 3.6.5. Informational fields The informational fields are all optional. The "Keywords:" field contains a comma-separated list of one or more words or quoted-strings. The "Subject:" and "Comments:" fields are unstructured fields as defined in section 2.2.1, and therefore may contain text or folding white space. 2.2.1. Unstructured Header Field Bodies Some field bodies in this standard are defined simply as "unstructured" (which is specified below as any US-ASCII characters, except for CR and LF) with no further restrictions. These are referred to as unstructured field bodies. Semantically, unstructured field bodies are simply to be treated as a single line of characters with no further processing (except for header "folding" and "unfolding" as described in section 2.2.3). More directly to this message board, your server is also listed in spamcop's BL (as seen following the link provided): Causes of listing System has sent mail to SpamCop spam traps in the past week (spam traps are secret, no reports or evidence are provided by SpamCop) SpamCop users have reported system as a source of spam less than 10 times in the past week and: Report History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:14:26 AM -0500: Spitteler[at]reptilienauge.de 1668753718 ( 194.97.107.189 ) To: spamcop[at]imaphost.com 1668753710 ( 194.97.107.189 ) To: tech-c[at]freenet-ag.de -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:14:06 AM -0500: Spitteler[at]reptilienauge.de 1668753480 ( 194.97.107.189 ) To: spamcop[at]imaphost.com 1668753473 ( 194.97.107.189 ) To: tech-c[at]freenet-ag.de Your ISP needs to work a little harder to stop the spam coming from their servers and affecting your use of their service. Please complain to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Moved from the Geek Software section to the Blocklist Help forum section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlyn Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 spam is spam no matter what language it is in. Other hosts in your block sending spam are: 194.97.107.189 194.97.107.172 194.97.107.199 194.97.107.189 is also in Lash Back because sender has sent to LashBack Unsubscribe Probe accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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