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nxobject • yesterday at 8:17 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Now I'm curious: what was in the watermark that would trigger Outlook? (I'm having some fun speculating. My guess right now is a ye olde "bu¥ vi@gr@ ch33p!!!!" spam trigger.)


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jacquesm • yesterday at 8:45 PM

No, it was a bit more subtle than that but I'm definitely not going to post the secret sauce in an open forum. The trick is to trigger the filters in a way that they'll block the mail completely, not just spam trap it.

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rzzzt • yesterday at 8:47 PM

Joining in on the speculation game: the EICAR string maybe?

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