Re: [AMaViS-user] AMAVIS test in the IX mag

[Rainer L. <li...@su...>]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Geoff Gibbs wrote:

> > Hum? And what's the probleme here? The iX article talks about, amavis will
> > create a false positive alert by such a sequence.
>
> I don't recall ever having a false positive, but if the sequence were large

Ok, then either the article is misleading here or I misread it.

> then amavis could spend a long time trying to unpack it. At the time I
Hum, probably, yes.

> I can't remember what format I thought it had discovered, when I first
> spotted the problem, but uuencoded and base64 spring to mind. I must

The article mentions "inline uuncoded" here, IIRC. Currently no iX issue
here on my desk.

> The message I have just tested starts :-
> >HSA1280 Z83307 Human DNA sequence from cosmid A1280, chromosome region 11p13
> Contains PAX6, CpG island and ESTs., 22253 bases, B, 22253 bases, B7FAEC72

alright, thanks for the mail you've send to me!

best regards,
Rainer Link
(SuSE Labs)

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