> 
> Hi,

Right back at ya!

> 
> Just a warning, I'm a bit of an SA newbie, so I'm half 
> expecting to get 
> a bunch of RTFM's back (but I have read the docs too.. maybe just 
> missed something...)
> 

I've been there!

> I've been using SA with qmail-scanner for about a month now 

Which Version of SA?

> been working great. With the default rules and settings, it blocks 
> about 20k messages a day (company with about 4400 email addresses). 
> There's about a 2% false positive rate which I am trying to 
> get rid of. 

That is a lot!! You may want to stay away from my "evilrules" until I
shorten them up Nov 3rd. See sig for more info.

> The biggest being email from aol. When a normal honest aol user sends 
> an email, SA sometimes catches it with a rating of 5-6.

Which rules are hitting for that score?


> score FAKE_HELO_AOL 50.0
> 
> then I telnet to port 25 and do a HELO aol.com
> However, looking through the debug logs, SA does not catch this. Am I 
> doing something wrong here? Or maybe I just dont understand the rule..
> 

I think FAKE_HELO_AOL might not hit that. I'd have to look at the specific
rule for which version you are using. 

> Also, is there a way to take points away from someone coming in from 
> aol? Instead of whitelisting them, maybe take away 3 points then beef 
> up some other rules like the fake_helo_aol or rcvd_in_dynablock
> 
> Any help, pointers, or redirects to custom rules would be greatly 
> appreciated!

Well then appreciate away!

header FROM_AOL From =~ /aol.com/i
describe FROM_AOL Hey, this email says from aol!
score FROM_AOL -1.123

(-:

Check link in my sig for some more.

Chris Santerre 
System Admin and SA Custom Rules Emporium keeper 
http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/sa_rules.htm 
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - Willy
Wonka  


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