Hello John, Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 6:42:34 AM, you wrote:
JF> I'm pretty new too, and I'd like some clarification about what is "stock" in JF> SA and what's custom. ... Stock rules are anything installed into the SA rules directory when you install SA. Custom is anything else. JF> I see various rules suggested here and names like JF> BigEvil and MrWiggly etc. I'm not sure what the flow is here - Do some of JF> these things get incorporated into SA eventually? Yes. FAQ: http://wiki.spamassassin.org/w/ContributingNewRules If you check the archives over the past month or so, you'll see that I've been following that process. I have several dozen rules somewhere in that process. No guarantees any of them will actually make it into the distribution (what works wonderfully for me or even several of us may not be appropriate for the rest of the world). Perhaps most notable is > uri AM_BIZ_SITE /S*\.biz/i > describe AM_BIZ_SITE Body has link to a *.biz site > score AM_BIZ_SITE 2.00 from http://www.exit0.us/index.php/UriRules -- SA 2.60 includes: > uri BIZ_TLD /^(?:https?:\/\/|mailto:)[^\/]+\.biz(?:\/|$)/i > describe BIZ_TLD Contains a URL in the BIZ top-level domain > score BIZ_TLD 0.747 0.784 0.782 0.100 So anyone who incorporated Abigail's rule under version 2.5x should consider removing it under 2.6x. JF> IOW, how do I tell what to incorporate into my local.cf and what to JF> simply wait for to be included in a regular release. That's probably JF> not asked quite right, but I think you see the idea? Don't wait for a release. Per http://wiki.spamassassin.org/w/VirusScannerTypeUpdates there are necessarily long delays between stock rules updates. If you like what you see in custom rules, figure out what score(s) you want to apply, and use them. JF> One other question - It seems like most of you get rid of most spam with a JF> cutoff value of 5? I've got mine down to 2.4 right now. This works pretty JF> well, with only an occasional ham getting through. I suspect that mine is JF> this low because I haven't been "SA-learn"ing much...?? If I set it at 5.0, JF> lots would be getting through. Is this the usual? IOW, as my system learns JF> more, I will be able to raise the cutoff? tnx - John I flag spam at a required hits threshold of 9.0, almost twice the 5.0 default. I consistently flag 99.8% of all spam (it's been stable at that level now for two months). ALL spam and almost all ham is fed into sa-learn. Are you using network tests as well? IMO it's the combination of stock rules, custom rules, Bayes, and Network tests that make SA such a powerful tool. Bob Menschel -- Best regards, Robert mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
