Great. I will look for 2.43. In the meantime, off goes AWL.

Ollie

On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 05:15:10PM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote:
> 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
> 
> Relevant quotes:
> 
> ------- 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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| Ollie Acheson             |
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