open-whois.org is cybersquatted and its rules should be removed from Spamassassin
Bug #551655 reported by
Pawel Tecza
This bug affects 5 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hardy Backports |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
spamassassin (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Clint Byrum |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: spamassassin
Recently I've noticed that a lof of non-spam messages I receive pass Spamassassin
DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS test. I googled a bit and found following related Debian
BTS report:
http://
It seems that open-whois.org is cybersquatted and its rules should be removed
from Spamassassin as soon as it's possible.
Please note that the open-whois.org rules has been purged in Spamassassin 3.3.0:
https:/
I use Spamassassin 3.2.5-4ubuntu0.0.1 under Ubuntu Jaunty, but I can see that Karmic
has the same version of Spamassassin.
Related branches
lp:~clint-fewbar/ubuntu/hardy/spamassassin/remove-open-whois
- Scott Kitterman: Approve
- Ubuntu Sponsors: Pending requested
- Ubuntu Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 499 lines (+479/-0)3 files modifieddebian/changelog (+6/-0)
debian/patches/00list (+1/-0)
debian/patches/70_remove_open-whois.org.dpatch (+472/-0)
Changed in spamassassin (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
milestone: | none → hardy-updates |
assignee: | nobody → Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in hardy-backports: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Lucid Lynx.
This is a important bug in Ubuntu. If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please do steps 1 and 2 of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.
[1]: https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/StableRelea seUpdates# Procedure