Re: yEnc-encoded articles in newsgroups

Hi Wolfgang,

I just added a check for binary articles to
filter_first (before all tests) to add the articles to the NoCem queue
and then continue with the normal cleanfeed processing. I have, however,
added a filter to eliminate the most obvious bogus group names like "a.b.something".

Thanks a lot!
I see that the binary spam coming from vipernews.com is caught, that's great!
Incidentally, in your NoCeM notices, wouldn't it be useful to list all the newsgroups they are sent to?  Only the first one is currently written whereas they could for instance be written on subsequent lines starting with whitespace, or on the same line.  (I agree it would lead to more lengthy messages or lines.)
I think some newsgroups should be marked as allowing binaries or HTML.
<CAOLa=ZSo7ngBUxkfR+EEojhr4a-mM+3=f-P1H36hnhJukEqGVA@mail.gmail.com> in linux.kernel.git was caught in the Bot-misplaced_binary filter but looks like a valid article.
As for <XMJON.158253$t8cc.153345@fx06.iad> in alt.binaries.clip-art, which was only posted to that newsgroup, maybe it should be considered valid as posted in a newsgroup with a "binaries" component.
Thanks again for your work and involvement in fighting spam.
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