-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> Olivier Nicole spewed electrons into the ether that assembled into: > > The reports tells you that the mailing list is sent through a relay > > that is known to be used for spam. > > > > And this is confirmed by a second source, and the two sources maintain > > independant databases of relay used by spam. > > Thanks Oliver. I understand all that. But the email wasn't spam. And I'm > questioning whether it would have been caught if I had not upgraded. Well, actually, looking at the scores all the way back to version 1.3, the two test in question, RCVD_IN_OSIRUSOFT_COM and X_OSIRU_SPAM_SRC (which contrary to above are not really independent sources, but different lists from the same source) haveremained exactly the same. So, yes, it would have ben tagged as spam before you upgraded (unless the upgrade wiped out lower scores set by you in local.cf). Personally, I think these two tests score just right. A server has to be a confirmed spam source for it to be on both these lists. I'd suggest you have four not mutually exclusive options. 1. Contact the admin for this server informing him of his Osirusoft status and that a growing number of servers are choosing to completely blacklist based on such lists. 2. Add the list to your whitelist, as it really does match the point of whitelisting, an otherwise fine source of email that comes from an unfortunate domain or contains spammy phrases for a reason. 3. Lower the scores for each of the tests met, so that there must be other spammy features to push it over the threshold, but be aware that this may allow real spam to get through more easily. 4. Increase your threshold above 5.0, which again may allow mor real spam to slip through. - -- Public key #7BBC68D9 at | Shane Williams http://pgp.mit.edu/ | =----------------------------------+------------------------------- All syllogisms contain three lines | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Therefore this is not a syllogism | www.gslis.utexas.edu/~shanew -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBPIft02a83yV7vGjZAQGdRAP9GHmfBBsamnz3GrGEOkwrevIz5p7I6LdE Obl9mhqW167xHYvC4DTdassK7rph74dGA+05nGgqqINUJf31n6JWmgzmdhm6jCWs SCUkFZWY3siGu5wwOHTuj5g9FERo6PxK8Wq3ZMVy0UEkHhZ3IeEkvdjXvechYFsv Gb89Q1Zb63s= =ja/Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
