RE: [SAtalk] DCC vs Razor2 vs Pyzor

2003-07-31 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
> On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 14:45, Clay Atkins wrote: > > Any thoughts on which of these is better, none, or a combination of > > them? > > > > Ya know, that would be a good topic for a poll at the SA news site. > It would be a good topic for the FAQ, too, since this questions seems to arise almost eve

RE: [SAtalk] RedHat 2.1 ES install woes

2003-07-16 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
Michael, This is an RPM-ism. Because you installed HTML::Parser via CPAN, the rpm db doesn't know it's installed. You should either install SA through CPAN, too, using "install Mail::SpamAssassin" or you should add the --nodeps flag to rpm and force the RPM install. This latter approach, howeve

RE: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1??

2003-07-10 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
gt; Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1?? > > > simply out of interest, may i ask what you define as a 'false negative'. > > -Original Message- > From: Benjamin Tomh

RE: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1??

2003-07-09 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
hange after noticing that with the reloaded bayes, scores were tending to be much higher. cheers, -ben -- Benjamin Tomhave, Senior Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sofast Communicationswww.sofast.net --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Pa

RE: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1??

2003-07-09 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
> These three settings are going to give you false positives galore. > > Our default "suggested" setting is 7.0 and customers can't see it > any lower > than 5.0 > Actually, under our system, I tested for over a month with different levels and, given the underlying scoring system(s), there are very

RE: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1??

2003-07-09 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
I don't know that I'm configured correctly on my system, but our relative spam sensitivity scores (required hits) that are pre-set for customers are: 0.5 (Severe), 1.5 (High), 4.0 (Medium), 10.0 (Low). The majority of spam I see tagged by SA w/ DCC and basic checks enabled (no RBL) tends to fall i

[SAtalk] bayes basics FAQ?

2003-07-09 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
spam? Thank you, -ben --- Benjamin Tomhave, CISSP Senior Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sofast Communications www.sofast.net --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download &

[SAtalk] Cannot open bayes_path error

2003-07-08 Thread Benjamin Tomhave
mended settings for bayes bayes_path /home/spamc/.spamassassin/bayes bayes_expiry_min_db_size 50 bayes_expiry_scan_count 99 # # Adjust score to be more SquirrelMail-friendly. score USER_AGENT -0.7 --- Benjamin Tomhave, CISSP Senior Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sofast Communica