Thanks for your feedback. I do have $myhostname defined and you've confirmed what I thought. It's their issue and they need to fix it.
Again, thanks. -- Rob On 3/4/09 12:19 PM, "LuKreme" <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > On 4-Mar-2009, at 12:33, Rob Tanner wrote: >> X-Spam-Flag: YES >> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0 (2007-05-01) on >> microthunder.com > > They really *really* need to update their two-year old SA install. > >> X-Spam-Level: **** >> X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=4.4 required=4.0 > > They really *REALLY* need to understand the consequences of lowering > the threshold, as this is nearly always a very very bad idea. SA does > not think your message is spamish, their mailadmin does. > >> RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO > > Well, that one is possibly your fault, and you should certainly fix it > if it is. > >> What I don¹t get is the first test in the X-Spam-Report header which >> received a 2.6. Does postfix strictly send the IP address on the >> HELO/EHLO? > > Only if it has no choice. > >> If so, what parameter to I need to set to $myhostname? Or, am I >> entirely >> misunderstanding what that test tests for? > > # INTERNET HOST AND DOMAIN NAMES > # > # The myhostname parameter specifies the internet hostname of this > # mail system. The default is to use the fully-qualified domain name > # from gethostname(). $myhostname is used as a default value for many > # other configuration parameters. > # > #myhostname = host.domain.tld > #myhostname = virtual.domain.tld > > However, your headers to the list look perfectly fine. My suspicion, > irrational without the full headers you sent them and the full message > they sent back, is that they screwed something up on their end with > the RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO test and that some eager-beaver "sysadmin" > changed something they didn't understand to "get better results". I > base this on the evidence that some eager-beaver "sysadmin" lowered > the threshold to 4.0 without understanding the consequences to "get > better results". > > Feel free to forward my comments along to David Sosnowski @ > <microthunder....@gmail.com >> >
