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Re: "X-Message-Info:" seems to be diagnostic for spam

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David Ritz wrote:

> [ x-post stripped ]

Of course, because none of this has anything to do with 
comp.mail.headers, so why cross-post it to that group - right?

> Yes, there is a X-Message-Info header inserted, by Microsoft's public 
> mailbox servers, when a message is received.  They are, however, 
> considerably longer than thirty two characters in length. 
> 
> The header commonly appeared in my local spam sample collection, from 
> 2004, through about 2007.  By that time, I changed my spam processing 
> and handling and examples become rare.
 >
> I think it's safe to assume that anything being delivered outside a 
> Microsoft mailbox, ie. hotmail.com, msn.net, outlook.com, which 
> includes an X-Message-Info header, should be taken as a positive spam 
> sign.

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