> I'm working on integrating spamassassin into our own spam filtering > mechanism. Currently, with a score of 5 or greater we modify the > subject line to indicate the spammishness of the message... with a > score of 10 or greater we delete the email automatically and do not > deliver it to the user because my experience has been that a score of > 10+ is undoubtably spam. We use network, local and bayesian tests.
Is this just for a few users on a "personal" server, or site-wide at an ISP? It's generally agreed that deleting mail automatically on a site-wide basis is a Bad Idea, no matter how spammy it looks. > One of the concepts that i'm working on is a simple user preference. > I'll explain it briefly and would REALLY like your input on the concept > and any unexpected results i might encounter :) [snip] > So my initial reaction to this solution is to allow per-user content > filtering by doubling the points for each test. In the grandmother > example, i have a list of about 20 tests, and i'm doubling the points > earned for each of those tests so that any porn will be tagged/flagged > as spam, but all other kinds of email will be filtered using the > default rules. > > For me, i double the points for all mortgage & loan related tests, but > set all porn tests to 0 so i get all the porn emails i want but dont > get any mortgage related email and all the non-porn UBE tests get run > against porn emails, so any porn that is legitimate will get through > and any porn that is ube will get tagged as such. It may just be easier to add per-user whitelist items that whitelist mail from known addresses, and blacklist everything else. Per-user configs, both flat files and SQL-based, can set scores for tests. I imagine that you could write a module to WebUserPrefs that would set scores a lot higher for certain sets of rules, which would allow your end users to check a box for certain types of mail they want scored higher. > Is there anything fundamentally flawed with my idea? Would this really > mess up the filtering mechanism? As long as you make it opt-in and configurable on a per-user basis, it's a reasonable idea. I guess there's people who want to enlarge their mortgage... Mike Jackson Technical Manager, efn.org www.efn.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
