FROM: Greg Ward
DATE: 03/12/2002 07:17:39
SUBJECT: RE: [SAtalk] Help the ignorant
On 11 March 2002, Marsha Hanchrow said:
> I made the mistake of editing my "auto-whitelist.db" to remove the address
> of an e-Bay seller.
Ummm... *how* did you edit it?
Since I'm forgetting my vi, I used pico, like a truly uneducated person.
This is a binary file; you would need to
write a program using the Mail::SpamAssassin API to modify it. If you
used a text editor, it's corrupt and useless -- just delete it, SA
should build it up again from scratch.
Some of it was identifiable text, and just too tempting. OK, it's deleted. But what does one do when SA comes to a wrong conclusion? When it adds the sender of a piece of junk that it didn't catch to the auto-whitelist, there must be some way to remove it. Otherwise, it "thinks" it's right, and then just about guarantees that further junk mailings will get through.
> Under what name does the file that contains renumbered tests go?
Huh? What's a "renumbered test"? All SA tests have names.
Sorry - I expressed myself horribly. Yes, customizing the scores.
If you're talking about customizing the scores, under SA 2.0 and later
you need to edit ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs.
I did change a few in user_prefs, but have seen no indication they are being used. Since I mostly changed the negative scores for some positive attributes, I don't get to see detail on them, just the total score when a message gets through. I'll change some of the scores for phrases that definitely get caught, just to assure myself that I've got some control.
Thanks muchly,
mh
