The email package and KLEZ mails

[Gerhard Häring]

* Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> [2002-05-28 12:31 +0400]:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 08:21:56AM +0000, Gerson Kurz wrote:
> > I'm using the email module (new in Python 2.2) to analyze messages for
> > spam and HTML content. However, I get exceptions when analyzing KLEZ
> > generated mails, which is disappointing since I'm trying to filter
> > them in the first place. 
> 
> Klez is a carefully created virus. It sends mail that specifically
> targets Outofluck holes. Those mail messages are constracted in violation
> of RFCs, so you really cannot parse them with RFC-compliant tools :)

Which is good, because it's a certain sign that you can just throw the
message away because all the interesting email you'll get will be RFC
compliant >:-)

You could send an auto-reply in case somebody's MUA or mail system was
fscked up.

Gerhard
-- 
This sig powered by Python!
Außentemperatur in München: 8.5 °C      Wind: 4.1 m/s