In a recent message Harriet Bazley <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2 Nov 2006 as I do recall, > Jeremy C B Nicoll wrote: > >> I hope you're not going to delete stuff based just on an 8 hour time >> difference and use of a specific version of mailing software? >> > I'm already deleting them based (by observation) on that same version > and by minimum size - I'm rather assuming they're all coming from a > single infected machine, unless it's a weakness in that specific > Microsoft release that means lots of viruses have got hold of it. > So far I've had 85 spams and no false positives; that's an awful lot of > spam I'd have otherwise had to delete manually. All very short > messages coming from that specific MimeOLE source have been spam. > At what length do you cut off? I am not so sure about a single machine. A single batch all located in California or Mexico maybe. -- Dave Keep GMT all year