Hello Chuck, Monday, December 1, 2003, 11:55:28 AM, you wrote:
CC> I have some questions: CC> 1)I see a lot about "special" rules on this list, but I don't know CC> whether they would be useful for me. I get about 500 emails a day, CC> about 300 of which are mailing lists and about 200 of which are CC> spam. First question -- what version of SA are you using? That can have a big impact on the amount of spam getting through. Second -- have you looked at the rules that are hit on the spam that gets through? Often (not always) a good first step would be to modify the scores of the rules already being hit. See http://www.exit0.us/index.php/RM_DefaultScoreChanges for one discussion of this. CC> I use SA and bayes, and I am still seeing about 20 - 30 spams slip CC> through every day. I've been using sa-learn on all of these spams, CC> but I don't seem to see any reduction in them. CC> I also send all email which is ham through my sa-learn, with the CC> exception of my high volume email lists, which procmail filters out CC> before SA. That should be reducing your spam. Are you getting any errors or warnings from sa-learn? Does spamassassin -d's debugging output give you any errors or warnings that might explain your problems? CC> Do I need or want "special" rules to help with these spams slipping CC> through? (POPCORN, BACKHAIR, WEEDS, WEEDS2, etc.) CC> If so, how do I use them (meaning specifically where do they need CC> to be placed so SA can use them)? See http://www.exit0.us for help with special rules, how to use there, where to use them, etc. If you bayes is working ok, just not getting all the work done, then yes, special rules is the next step. Or, before going with special rules, you might pull in William Stearns' blacklists -- they are a big help also. Bob Menschel ------------------------------------------------------- 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
