Maybe this will make more sense. 1. ok_locales detects based on character sets.
ok_locales en -- add points to all but English char sets ok_locales en ja -- add points to all but English and Japanese char sets ok_locales all -- never add points based on char set Note that "en" isn't listed in the documentation, but this is what I use and it seems to work. English is permitted by default anyway, but you have to set ok_locales to something or it will default to 'all'. I believe the rules that add score based on the locale are CHARSET_FARAWAY, CHARSET_FARAWAY_BODY, and CHARSET_FARAWAY_HEADERS. 2. ok_languages detects based on actual language used. This is based on scanning the message text. I believe the documentation is WRONG in this case when it says "Mail using character sets used by these languages". ok_languages en -- add points for anything non-English ok_languages en fr -- add points for anything but English or French ok_languages all -- turn off language checking The rule UNDESIRED_LANGUAGE_BODY is used to add points to messages for this one. Its score is 3.97 by default in 2.43. -- Michael Moncur mgm at starlingtech.com http://www.starlingtech.com/ "The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky" --Solomon Short > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jess > Anderson > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 7:53 AM > To: SpamAssassin List > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] ok_locales xx > > > Adrian Ho: > > Mike Vanecek: > > >> This statement > > >> Which locales (country codes) are considered OK to receive > >> mail from. > > >> seems to conflict with this statement > > >> If you wish SpamAssassin to block spam in foreign languages, > >> set this to the locale which matches your preference, from > >> the list below: > > I have long been confused by the same thing. Alas, I am still > confused. > > > Nope, you just misinterpreted the second statement. The terms > > "preference" and "foreign languages" refer to the locale(s) > > /you/ prefer, > > Prefer in what sense? To receive? Not to receive? > > > and the languages that /you/ find foreign (and therefore mail > > written in such to be biased towards the "spammy" side). > > >> ok_locales ja > > >> -- does this mean to block Japan or not block it? > > > Neither. It means to not add a positive spam bias to the final > > tally. > > This, at least, I understand. But I would really like a far > simpler way of dealing with foreign languages and unwanted > domains. (I'm currently using procmail rules to catch unwanted > domains.) > > For example, I can block some spam from Brazil if it's from a > .br domain. But much Brazilian spam has spoofed From: lines, > and what I really want is to block anything and everything in > Portuguese. Ultimately, I want rules that let me specify > scores like these: > > score LANGUAGE_CHINESE 5.000 > score LANGUAGE_JAPANESE 5.000 > score LANGUAGE_KOREAN 5.000 > score LANGUAGE_PORTUGUESE 5.000 > score LANGUAGE_SPANISH 5.000 > > Whether a given rule uses character sets or some other > heuristic is relatively unimportant to me. > > I love SpamAssassin, for sure (2.43 currently), but I'd be > very grateful if there were some way under 2.43 or the pending > 2.50 to accomplish the above. There may be counterarguments, > of course, and I'd be glad to hear what those mihght be. > > > A mail in Japanese could still be deemed spam in the final > > analysis even with the above. > > > -- > [] The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they > [] have else they will never have better. > [] -- Harriet Monroe, 1860-1936 > [] Famous American Women, 1970 > > [] [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.jessanderson.org/> [] > [] Copyright 2003 Jess Anderson madison.wi.us [] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
