Yes, the 2.42 AWL had a new feature that turned out to be a bug. It's also a problem that's already been recognized and is already fixed in CVS.

http://www.hughes-family.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1071

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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-10-08 06:51 -------
OK, it's a moot point; I've seen the light and reverted the change ;)

Kevin's point (dictionary attacks + a global AWL = whitelisting of
a spam-run while it happens) is the final nail in the coffin. I
hadn't thought of that.

The code in CVS is now reverted. mgm, fancy trying it out?


------- Additional Comments From Michael Moncur 2002-10-11 06:49 -------

OK, I did a quick test spamming myself. Seven messages in a row, same spam test
string, all scored 15.6. So the shrinking spam score issue is gone.

Then I sent myself some nonspam messages from the same account: scores 9.4,
8.7, 8.1... autoblacklist works.

Finally, sent myself nonspam from a different account, scored -2.7. Then sent a
10-point spam from that account, scored 2.3. So the autowhitelist works.

I'd say this one's fixed.



At 04:43 PM 10/12/2002 -0400, Ollie Acheson wrote:
Same here. Lots of obvious spam, many rules invoked, but AWL letting
the dirt in. Very disappointing.

Ollie


On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 12:07:36PM -0500, Rob.Remus wrote:
> Since upgrading from 2.40 to 2.42 we have been seeing some strange stuff
> with the AWL. We're getting obvious spam matching numerous rules, including
> the AWL, which results in negative scores, some < -90.
>

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