At Sat Aug 16 13:01:09 2003, Eric Veltman wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I recently installed SpamAssassin 2.50 from the SuSE 8.2 distribution CD. > It already filters out lots of spams so I don't have to read them, but there > are still several messages a day that are not detected as spam.
One of your problems is that you're running a version of SA that is known to have significant weaknesses with its scoring -- most notably there are a number of negative-scoring rules which are exploited by spammers. You need to keep up-to-date with SA -- if you run antivirus software that's several months old, it won't catch current viruses, and likewise with SA older versions won't catch spammers' new techniques. With your current version, you need to investigate the Bayesian techniques that 2.5x makes available. Read up on the man page for "sa-learn" as a start. Martin -- Martin Radford | "Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | men just upload their important stuff -o) Registered Linux user #9257 | on ftp and let the rest of the world /\\ - see http://counter.li.org | mirror it ;)" - Linus Torvalds _\_V ------------------------------------------------------- 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
