* Martin Radford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030630 10:20]: wrote: > At Mon Jun 30 07:14:27 2003, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote: > > > One of the rules for this version was against using a port other than > > the standard HTTP port. Well, since this is -CVS, I may as well keep > > quiet, but I wonder why this rule is here, since people are free to use > > other ports for HTTP. > > The rule was introduced in 2.20, so it has been around for a while. > > You're quite right that you can run HTTP on ports other than port 80, > but it's not particularly common. > > The S/O ratio for this rule in 2.55 (in STATISTICS.txt) is 0.843, so > it's not a particularly wonderful rule and explains why it has a > maximum score of around 0.6. > > So the answer is that the presence of a URL in a mail using a > non-standard port for HTTP is at least suggestive that the mail may be > spam, since it's much more likely to be seen in spam than non-spam. > But it's by no means conclusive which is why it has a low score. > > The question is somewhat analogous to asking, "Why does a message in > HTML with odd fonts and lots of colours get a high score? Surely > people are free to send HTML mails with odd fonts and lots of > colours?" - the answer is the same: such mails are statistically more > likely to be spam.
Hi Martin, Thank you so much for a very sober response. You're one in a million. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) What garlic is to food, insanity is to art. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
