----- Original Message ----- From: "SpamAssassin Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ian D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] why are scores so high?
> Ian D. wrote: > > >We have had some legitimate mail messages that scored higher than > >anticipated, and it appears that the following tests are the biggest > >contributors: > > > >score BASE64_ENC_TEXT 2.354 1.643 1.544 1.768 > > > >score MIME_HTML_NO_CHARSET 0.638 0.759 0.365 0.0 > > > >Is base64-encoded text really such a telling sign of spam that it's worth up > >to 2.354 points? Is the same true for no character set specified in an HTML > >part of a MIME message? We are considering dropping these tests, but would > >there be a significant decrease in detection rate as a result? > > > > > > Well, @ least Base64 *IS* 98% SPAM over here, but not always.... > MIME is around 75 percent. What about chaning the score a bit southbound? > > S. > > > Of the 26,000+ messages I have received since enabling the filter, less than 5% had that test match, and a lot of those scored above 10, so I figured the test was doing more harm than good, but you have a good point, maybe I should just lower it some. Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
