The Undetectable Spam

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An undetectable Online Bank
Vulnerability?

An undetectable Online Bank
Vulnerability? 12/22/2003 07:39 PM
Mark Peterson (Dec 21 2003)

Re: An undetectable Online Bank
Vulnerability?

Re: An undetectable Online Bank
Vulnerability? 12/26/2003 05:26 PM
Seth Arnold (Dec 23 2003)

Mozilla Adds Undetectable document.all
Support

Mozilla Adds Undetectable document.all
Support 07/23/2004 04:48 PM

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up

Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up 05/24/2004 05:37 PM
The latest study on spam trends appears to show that financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam - though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to slow down the amount of spam sent.

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream

From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream 06/05/2004 07:31 PM
I am now getting 2,000+ spams a day. There are 1,440 minutes in a day The rate of incoming spams is therefore getting close to the interval it takes me to check my email and dispose of a single spam: By the time I'm done checking, more spam has arrived. That is the point at which the spam droplets form a continuous stream. And that is the point at which no interval of my life will ever be spam-free again....

Tomorrow's Menu: Spam, Spam, Spam

Tomorrow's Menu: Spam, Spam, Spam 12/11/2003 06:15 AM
Congress overwhelmingly passes a bill to fight the online scourge, but critics say the unwanted e-mail will increase because the law will actually legitimize spam. By Amit Asaravala.

Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam

Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam 06/22/2004 09:17 AM
The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in an effort to fight the scourge of spam.

Review: Advanced Spam Manager Attacks
Viruses, Spam For Exchange, Notes

Review: Advanced Spam Manager Attacks
Viruses, Spam For Exchange, Notes 03/27/2005 12:35 PM
Information Week Mar 27 2005 3:25PM GMT

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.0
delivers next-generation spam-fighting
power, control to enterprises

Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam v6.0
delivers next-generation spam-fighting
power, control to enterprises 07/01/2004 10:20 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 2 2004 2:42AM GMT

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam 05/20/2004 07:05 PM
Ronnie Scelson is one of the shortlist of spammers who just seems to love publicity. While many spammers like to hide away, Scelson's always willing to talk. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee today, claiming that he is now compl ying with CAN-SPAM, but threatened to ignore the law if not enough of his spam messages were getting through filters. He actually has the audacity to complain that now that CAN-SPAM is in effect, ISPs should be required to let his mail through. Maybe the filters are a little to thick around his head and the message isn't getting through to him: the reason his spam is filtered is because people don't want it.

CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam

CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam 01/07/2004 06:36 PM
We all know now that the CAN SPAM law is a disaster and is unlikely to do anything useful in the battle against spam. It's also becoming clear that the entire point of the bill was never to stop spam, but to make a few folks in Congress look good (which seems to be the entire point of most politics these days). First, Business Week spends some time comparing the mostly effective federal "Do Not Call" list with CAN SPAM. The DNC list was planned out carefully by the FTC and the FCC, and, while it upset many telemarketers, it was designed in a way to be effective. There was also enough time, and enough publicity given to the list that people knew about it and had the opportunity to sign up for it - while marketers had the ability to prepare on their end as well. With CAN SPAM, however, it was rushed through Congress with little thought towards whether or not it would actually do anything and without any money to actually deal with any of these cases. Meanwhile, the NY Times reports that the sponsors of the bill asked the FTC to sue a spammer the very first week the bill was in effect in order to make a big "splash" so they could pat themselves on the back - even as the spam levels continued to increase. FTC Chair Timothy Muris (who has spoken out against this spam law) apparently laughed them off and pointed out it was impossible to do such a thing. First of all, in order to violate the law, the spammers have to ignore an opt-out request. Then, the FTC would have to track down who the actual spammer was - with no additional funds, because the law didn't provide for them.

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business 11/03/2003 11:40 PM
I get inundated with more and more spam every day, and it's frustrating as anything. I want it to stop. However, if politicians insist on passing bad legislation in their attempts to stop spam, that's not going to do any good. I've already complained about the new California legislation and it looks like I'm not alone. A guy who runs a consulting firm and writes for Business Week points out why California's anti-spam law won't do a thing about spam, but will make life more difficult for legitimate small businesses. He describes a situation where he did a very targeted mailing for a company. It's probably up to your definition of spam as to whether or not you consider his mailing spam. I tend to draw the line on whether or not the mailing was "bulk" - which it sounds like his was. I believe that if the email is truly targeted and personalized about a potential business relationship, then it's hard to call it spam. The California law disagrees. In fact, the sponsor of the bill claims that any email contact between two companies is not legitimate if it hasn't been initiated under some other form. That's simply ridiculous. As I've said before, plenty of "commercial" websites contact Techdirt every day about the possibility of partnerships or links. Under California's anti-spam law, I could charge them with spam. I recently heard from a major technology magazine, asking if I would add them to my Quicklinks box. Should I sue them for spam? According to the law, I could.

Spam king Secure your home PC or you
could be helping send spam

Spam king Secure your home PC or you
could be helping send spam 08/03/2004 07:21 AM
BBC Aug 3 2004 11:45AM GMT

AOL Falls In Love With The Wrong Spam
Stats -- Says Spam Decreased

AOL Falls In Love With The Wrong Spam
Stats -- Says Spam Decreased 12/27/2004 01:32 PM
AOL is claiming that their new spam filter has greatly reduced spam, creating nice looking headlines about less spam. Of course, you could question their findings. The details show that what was reduced was spam complaints. This might be a proxy for the amount of spam that got through to inboxes, or it might just show that AOL subscribers have wised up and realized that reporting spam to AOL doesn't seem to do a bit of good -- and they've just given up on it.

Anti-spam activists targets of
spam-spawning virus

Anti-spam activists targets of
spam-spawning virus 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof

New zombie spam technique may send spam
levels through the roof 02/05/2005 09:36 PM
Warnings abound about a change in tactics on the part of zombie PC network operators. As a result, spam levels could rise to nearly 95% of all e-mails sent.

Actif Communications Announces GEF, the
Global eMail Format - Best Practice
eMails that Comply with US Can Spam,
Australian Spam Act and EU Directives

Actif Communications Announces GEF, the
Global eMail Format - Best Practice
eMails that Comply with US Can Spam,
Australian Spam Act and EU Directives 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
The risk in sending commercial emails overseas is not so much from the legislators; it is from the ISP’s who have the power to Black List your company. A new email format has been suggested that not only complies to Best Practices it also meets or exceeds the requirements of Can Spam, The Australian Spam Act and the EU Directives. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Anti-Spam Legislation Makes Spam More
Malicious

Anti-Spam Legislation Makes Spam More
Malicious 04/29/2004 01:28 PM
Aren't unintended consequences wonderful? Now that anti-spam legislation is becoming popular, one result is that spammers aren't wasting time with just spamming mortgage offers and ways to buy Viagra. Instead, now that they realize they're definitely on illegal ground, they're moving more towards malicious attack spam, including phishing attacks and trojan horse attacks. In other words, if they're going to break the law with spam, they figure they might as well go all out.

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits

California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits 11/14/2003 07:29 PM
I hate spam and would like nothing better than to see an effective anti-spam law put on the books. However, as I've said before, the California anti-spam law is not the right law. Plenty of others seem to agree, and everyone believes that the law won't stand up if tested in court. The problem is what do people do until it's been tested? The other question is who is going to take on this law. Luckily, it won't be the Direct Marketing Association, who I don't trust in the slightest. They say they've burned up all their resources fighting the "Do Not Call" list. At a conference among email marketers, some were suggesting that they should file their own lawsuits under the bill in order to purposely clog the court system with such lawsuits. This seems like typical bad marketing thinking that overburdening a system somehow gets extra attention. The right response is that someone who gets sued for doing something that clearly is not spam is going to have to go to court and get the law overturned. Maybe (and this would be the best) it happens to someone who is not associated with an "email marketing" company, but just someone who sends a perfectly reasonable email and gets hit with a lawsuit.

Mobile SMS spam surpasses email spam in
Korea

Mobile SMS spam surpasses email spam in
Korea 01/03/2005 10:21 AM

Microsoft calls for outbound spam
filtering against spam

Microsoft calls for outbound spam
filtering against spam 06/04/2004 10:42 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 4 2004 2:14PM GMT

Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police

Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police 06/02/2004 05:09 PM
Source: ClickZ - Want a real solution to spam? The search engines should agree to publish lists of companies they've banned. That would help consumers seeking SEM firms to understand which to avoid. If they do use a banned firm,...

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters)

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters) 12/27/2004 11:21 AM
Reuters - You've got less spam, according to America Online, the world's largest online service.

Report from the spam/anti-spam summit

Report from the spam/anti-spam summit 04/09/2004 04:05 PM
Danny O'Brien has written up one of the first summits between spammers and spam-fighters for the Guardian. It's a great piece.

Surprisingly, no such shootings occur. It's oddly intimate, watching the spammers and the anti-spammers mill around each other like this. It feels like a temporary ceasefire in a vicious war that to most of us seems to be a stalemate...

Over the past year, though, a series of meetings arranged by a trusted figure in the American anti-spam community, Anne Mitchell, have been slowly bringing the two sides together. These mini-conferences, held under the banner of the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, have mostly been between the highest-ranking ISPs - MSN, AOL - and commercial email marketers of the most squeaky clean kind. Initially in secret, these days the meetings are more public.

Link (via Oblomovka)

IBM Believes In Spam For A Spam
Vigilante Revenge

IBM Believes In Spam For A Spam
Vigilante Revenge 03/22/2005 05:03 PM
It seems that larger companies are really getting pissed off at spammers these days. While going out and attacking spammers used to be more limited to net.vigilantes, some well known companies have been taking stronger approaches to fighting spam lately. A few months back there was Lycos ' plan to let anyone download a screensaver that would launch distributed denial of service attacks on spammers. While Lycos claimed it wouldn't take anyone offline, it wasn't long before that was proven false. Next up on the list is IBM, whose latest anti-spam offering will send data right back at spamming machines in an effort to slow them down. It's not quite a distributed denial of service attack -- it's more like a centralized one. It's sort of one step up beyond greyl isting which just slows down the spam. Instead, this tries to slow down the computer sending the spam. Again, this leaves IBM open to charges of hitting back too hard -- especially if innocent sites get taken offline in the process. Still, when large companies like IBM start offering products like this, you know that people are getting fed up.

New Spam-Scanning Technology Finds Spam

New Spam-Scanning Technology Finds Spam 04/02/2005 02:50 AM
Slashdot Apr 2 2005 5:43AM GMT

Offbeat News: Spam, SPAM and Saddam

Offbeat News: Spam, SPAM and Saddam 12/18/2003 03:24 AM

Spam fighters infiltrate spam clubs

Spam fighters infiltrate spam clubs 05/14/2004 10:32 AM
Tales from the underground

spam egg spam spam bacon and spam

spam egg spam spam bacon and spam 06/05/2005 10:54 PM
I hate unsolicited e-mail, of any kind. Period. I don't care about whatever alleged virus warning you heard about from...

You've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion
Spam

You've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion
Spam 01/03/2004 12:15 AM
yohaas writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that AOL blocked more than 500 billion spam messages for its users in 2003. That comes to 40 messages a day per user. ...

Will the new anti-spam legislation cut
spam?

Will the new anti-spam legislation cut
spam? 12/18/2003 02:16 AM
Now the CAN SPAM legislation has passed into law, will it actually cut spam?

Do Not Spam Site A Spam Scam

Do Not Spam Site A Spam Scam 02/12/2004 07:39 PM
The FTC is warning (once again) of a scam site that looks like the "Do Not Call" site run by the FTC, but promises to put you on a do not spam list. The site is, of course, a scam for spammers to pick up more email addresses. This isn't the first time this has happened. The site is conveniently using the .us domain to make it look more legit. Amusingly, if you click on the site's "privacy" link, you get a 403 Permission Forbidden.

Email Spam worse now that Can-Spam is
Here

Email Spam worse now that Can-Spam is
Here 02/10/2004 02:45 AM

Has anyone else noticed that now that the Can-Spam Act passed by the federal government has gone into effect, spam via email is actually worse than it was?

This is ridiculous. In the past week I've received at least 4-5 times more spam than I did in a week last year...

I'd like to install a server-side spam filtering system that's compatible with qmail, but I don't have the time or knowledge to actually get it installed... especially since I've been considering buying a Handspring Treo 600 to check my email more regularly...

Although, I wonder if I'm getting more spam because of the social networks I've joined in the past couple of weeks? Hmmm... I'm going to change those email addresses now...

Anyone want to install a server side spam filter system for me on the cheap?

Getting List Spam To Go With Your Friend
Spam

Getting List Spam To Go With Your Friend
Spam 03/23/2005 08:20 PM
This has been happening way too often lately. While "friend spam" is all too common, where a friend starts spamming you with annoying forwards, now people are complaining about "list spam" where people you meet put you on various mailing lists without your permission. Why is it that people simply assume you want to be on some sort of mailing list? Point them to the sign up and let them make the decision.

The Can Spam Debate Continues... As Does
The Spam

The Can Spam Debate Continues... As Does
The Spam 12/16/2003 04:13 PM
Earlier today we reported how the US has now legal ized spam, and now the debate continues. Ray Everett-Church has an opinion piece explaining that the law is called "Can Spam" because it teaches spammers how they can spam. He points out that it's basically an outline of all the loopholes that will make it possible for our in-boxes to become even more crowded with junk than usual. Meanwhile, the sponsors of the bill have fired back against all the critics, saying that it's a good first step. They pretty much ignore the point about legalized spam from direct marketers, insisting (against popular perception) that spam is only spam if it's somehow fraudulent. They also leave themselves a nice loophole if it doesn't turn out to work - saying that it will only work "with proper enforcement." So, now, when we end up with more spam than ever, they'll just say the government needs more money to go after spammers. How about the spammers themselves? Well, they're not saying much, but they are still spamming. It turns out that last month they took a break from all that porn spam to focus on "health care" spam (at least, that's what they call bogus diet pills, bogus Viagra and bogus... enhancement pills).

I Do Not Like That Stuff Called SPAM, I
Do Not Like It, ‘Spam I Am!’

I Do Not Like That Stuff Called SPAM, I
Do Not Like It, ‘Spam I Am!’ 03/29/2005 08:29 PM
How annoying is unsolicited email? Pretty darn annoying indeed. Even so, spam (unsolicited email) is inevitable in your online business, as much as we hate to think so. However, there ARE definite measures you can take to reduce the amount of junk mail that consumes your time on a day-to-day basis. (© 2000, by Harmony Major) 1. [...]

Geek Trivia: Before spam was spam

Geek Trivia: Before spam was spam 08/05/2004 01:56 AM

Direct and Related Links for 'Geek Trivia: Before spam was spam'

“What company do we credit with sending the first-known unsolicited commercial e-mail?”…

Blog Spam, spam en webl0gs

Blog Spam, spam en webl0gs 11/19/2003 09:18 AM

Grok Description matches for The Undetectable Spam
GrokA matches for The Undetectable Spam

Sendmail puts a muzzle on spam

Sendmail puts a muzzle on spam 11/03/2003 08:53 AM
ZDNet Nov 3 2003 8:12AM ET

SendMail, Cloudmark team against spam

SendMail, Cloudmark team against spam 11/03/2003 01:03 AM
SendMail, whose technology shuttles nearly 60 percent of e-mail on the Internet, agrees to make Cloudmark's antispam filtering tools a centerpiece of its commercial mail management software.

Sendmail 8.13.1

Sendmail 8.13.1 08/01/2004 05:10 AM
A powerful and flexible Mail Transport Agent.

Sendmail for Dummies

Sendmail for Dummies 01/07/2004 06:52 PM
I just installed this neato Sendmai l Enabler for OS X (but not Panther, for Panther you need P ostfix Enabler) to fix some mail problems I was having. This enabler is a one-click app to launch and configure sendmail. So far, it's great and easy.

Sendmail-AccessDB-0.09

Sendmail-AccessDB-0.09 05/02/2004 04:52 PM

Log-Accounting-Sendmail-0.2

Log-Accounting-Sendmail-0.2 04/27/2004 06:03 AM

AxKit-XSP-Sendmail-1.5

AxKit-XSP-Sendmail-1.5 04/17/2005 07:02 PM

Sendmail-AccessDB-0.08

Sendmail-AccessDB-0.08 05/02/2004 10:02 AM

Net-Accounting-Sendmail-0.1

Net-Accounting-Sendmail-0.1 04/26/2004 05:18 PM

Sendmail-PMilter-0.95

Sendmail-PMilter-0.95 08/11/2004 12:56 AM

Sendmail-PMilter-0.94

Sendmail-PMilter-0.94 08/04/2004 04:48 PM

Sendmail 8.13.0.Beta2 (Development)

Sendmail 8.13.0.Beta2 (Development) 05/13/2004 02:07 PM
A powerful and flexible Mail Transport Agent.

Set up SpamAssassin Milter on OS X's
sendmail

Set up SpamAssassin Milter on OS X's
sendmail 03/14/2003 01:08 PM
From the same whacko (me) who actually spent the time telling you in detail how to set up a customized mount point system under OSX comes another rather long-winded tail of how to set up SpamAssassin Milter under OS X. As wi...

HP signs agreement with Sendmail

HP signs agreement with Sendmail 06/12/2004 12:39 PM
Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement to sell Sendmail’s e-mail software. They plan to sell it with their ProLiant servers and are planning to use it to fight spam. HP has been an ally with Microsoft, but seems to be going after open-source partners. In may they announced they would be supporing MySQL database and the JBoss application for running Java programs. Both are open-source server software.

Sendmail 8.13.4 (Default branch)

Sendmail 8.13.4 (Default branch) 03/28/2005 01:50 AM
Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail from one machine to another. Sendmail implements a general internetwork mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration.

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Changes:
This release fixes several bugs and omissions, and adds some additional checks to deal with situations that should not occur.

Sendmail trials Sender ID

Sendmail trials Sender ID 09/02/2004 08:34 AM

CERT: Sendmail Hacked

CERT: Sendmail Hacked 10/11/2002 07:56 AM
Internet News Oct 10 2002 0:40AM ET

CERT: Sendmail Hacked

CERT: Sendmail Hacked 10/09/2002 09:46 AM
Some copies of the source code for Sendmail has been hacked by an intruder and now contain a Trojan horse.

Configuring Sendmail on OS X to use an
SSH tunneled smarthost

Configuring Sendmail on OS X to use an
SSH tunneled smarthost 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
After a couple days of using Mutt to read my mail, thanks to the constant crashing of Mail.app when presented with six years of email, I've recorded the steps I took to get sendmail communicating over an SSH tunnel to my actual host. Tips: I've added a '\' where each of the long commands is wrapped, to indicate that it's all one line. sendmail.mc and sendmail.cf are two distinct files. If you're not copy-pasting these instructions into your terminal, double-check these filenames before executing the commands. Open a terminal and become a superuser. sudo -s Create a local copy of the generic sendmail.mc file. cp \ /usr/share/sendmail/conf/cf/generic-darwin.mc \ /etc/mail/sendmail.mc Add the following lines into /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, above the MAILER lines near the end of the file. define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 10025') define(`SMART_HOST',`relay:[127.0.0.1]') DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA, Family=inet') FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl Backup the system-installed sendmail.cf. mv...

BitDefender for Sendmail libmilter
1.5.5-BETA

BitDefender for Sendmail libmilter
1.5.5-BETA 10/30/2003 07:05 AM
A powerful antivirus solution for Sendmail with a libmilter interface.

Sendmail searches for antispam testers

Sendmail searches for antispam testers 08/30/2004 07:08 PM
Company takes a first stab at software to authenticate the source of e-mail messages.

Sendmail seeks out antispam testers

Sendmail seeks out antispam testers 08/30/2004 07:39 PM
ZDNet Aug 30 2004 11:56PM GMT

PHP 4.2.2 mail() function and sendmail
daemon

PHP 4.2.2 mail() function and sendmail
daemon 10/02/2002 11:56 AM

sendmail-jilter 1.0 (Default branch)

sendmail-jilter 1.0 (Default branch) 04/15/2005 09:18 AM
Sendmail-Jilter is an implementation of the Sendmail milter protocol, for implementing milters in Java that can interface with the Sendmail MTA.

Perl / Sendmail expertise required

Perl / Sendmail expertise required 04/15/2004 02:21 PM
Citigroup - United States, New Jersey, Rutherford (2004-04-15)

Re: possible local exploit via sendmail
with procmail on solaris

Re: possible local exploit via sendmail
with procmail on solaris 12/24/2004 12:36 PM
Jeff Damens (Dec 22 2004)

BitDefender Mail Protection 1.6.2
(Sendmail branch)

BitDefender Mail Protection 1.6.2
(Sendmail branch) 04/06/2005 05:35 AM
BitDefender Mail Protection is a powerful mail filtering solution that provides antivirus and antispam capabilities to Linux mail servers. Both sent and received messages are scanned in real-time, avoiding possible infections and preventing anyone from sending an infected message. It claims a 100% detection rate for all viruses in the wild through its powerful scanning engines, which are certified by prestigious testing labs.

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Changes:
The sudo dependency was removed by bundling bdsu, a stripped down version of sudo. The antispam filter now has support for image-based spam messages. Some minor threading and statistics bugs were fixed. The "bd" script was rewritten to be fully POSIX compliant and to use bdsu instead of su when starting processes as different users. By default, plugins for BitDefender HIVE analyser technology are now included.

OpenLinux: Sendmail prescan remotely
exploitable vulnerability

OpenLinux: Sendmail prescan remotely
exploitable vulnerability 11/18/2003 12:47 PM
security_at_sco.com (Nov 17 2003)

The Undetectable Spam

The following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: hoodia sendmail spam