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Created On12/9/2009
Modified12/9/2009
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BADHEADERS
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This test type looks for non-RFC-compliant headers that are common in spam, and rarely (if ever) found in E-mail from legitimate mail clients. This test can catch about 50% of all spam, with the only false positives being mail that comes from broken mail clients. This is a very good test to use.

                
BADHEADERS BADHEADERS x x 8 0

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Examples of Code Violations


8020000c

Indicates that the Date: header was not part of the E-mail. The Date: header is required, and added by all E-mail clients that we know of. If the Date: header isn't present, it can easily cause the mail to "disappear" in an inbox that is sorted by date (as most are).

a0040103

 Message-ID: <3B890295.12230.ABAE76@localhost>

The Message-ID: header must have a fully qualified domain name after the "@" sign ("localhost.mydomain.com" would qualify, but 'localhost" would not).  A fair number of spammers will use a Message-ID: header with "@localhost" in it, in an attempt to conceal their identity.