Ken Causey wrote: > > OK, after reading through the source for one of the Received header > tests, I realize they aren't exactly infallible. Thanks. > > Ken Causey > > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 10:31, Bart Schaefer wrote: > > On 19 Apr 2002, Ken Causey wrote: > > > > > Is there any case in which a "valid" email has forged recieved headers? > > > > Rarely; but I'm sure there are cases in which SpamAssassin may mistakenly > > identify a received header as forged when it really is not. > > > > You can think of it as lowering the score to account for false positives. > > That doesn't accurately describe how a GA derives its scoring, but it's a > > pretty good approximation of the effect that it has.
One of the negatives of the forged received header tests is that it triggers on ebay mailings from members asking about auctions. -- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
