[antispam-f] Re: Odd 'From' address
- From: Dave Barnett <as10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:52:27 GMT
In a recent message Stuart Painting
<stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> lists.miskin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rosemary Miskin - lists) wrote:
>
>> I've been getting a lot of spam just lately with a single quote mark in the
>> address - things like <aspectsAnabaptist's@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
>>
>> I've never seen that in a known-to-be-valid address - is it guarnateed to be
>> invalid, and so safe to add to the DeleteFrom list?
>
> No, it's not guaranteed to be invalid. It's specifically allowed by
> RFC2822, and I would expect people with surnames such as O'Brien to
> actually want to use it. However I will admit it isn't common.
>
I've seen these too. Can't say if it is frequent enough to be a new
problem. Most get caught by other rules anyway.
--
Dave
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