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From: gward@python.net (Greg Ward)
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 14:02:23 -0400
Subject: [Spambayes] test sets?
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On 06 September 2002, Tim Peters said:
> > Note that header names are case insensitive, so this one's no
> > different than "MIME-Version:".  Similarly other headers in your list.
> 
> Ignoring case here may or may not help; that's for experiment to decide.
> It's plausible that case is significant, if, e.g., a particular spam mailing
> package generates unusual case, or a particular clueless spammer
> misconfigures his package.

Case of headers is definitely helpful.  SpamAssassin has a rule for it
-- if you have headers like "DATE" or "SUBJECT", you get a few more
points.

        Greg
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Greg Ward <gward@python.net>                         http://www.gerg.ca/
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