This is a well thought out and clear explanation....... It should be on a page somewhere. You should add it to the wiki matt :o)
Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Spamassassin List > Subject: RE: [SAtalk] stuff in white list getting tagged > > > At 06:10 PM 8/6/03 -0500, Robin Witkop-Staub wrote: > >I guess maybe the problem is I don't understand how AWL works. Could > >someone explain this process? > > Sure, the AWL is actually a very simple system. In short, the > AWL is a > score averaging system. It keeps track of the historical average of a > sender, and pushes any subsequent mail towards that average. > > So if someone that never sent you mail before sends you a > mail that scores > 20, and then sends you a second mail that would score 2.0 > without the AWL, > the AWL will push the score up to 11 on the second mail. This is auto > blacklisting, based on their past history of spam. > > If that same person sent you a mail that scored 0, and then > later sent one > that scored 7, the AWL would push the score down to 3.5. This is > auto-whitelisting based on past history of nonspam. > > But the "auto whitelist" isn't really a whitelist per-se.. it > does however > have a learning white/blacklist" type behavior. > > Also bear in mind that the "whitelist_from" feature isn't a > true whitelist > either.. it just does a massive -100 score adjustment. The > other rules do > still run, but won't rack up enough points for a spam-tag. > > If you really want an absolutely true whitelist, configure > procmail to not > even call spamc in the first place for those messages. It's > really the only > way to get an absolutely pure whitelist. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet _072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- 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/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
