Hello Walter, Saturday, January 29, 2005, 8:48:55 PM, you wrote:
WJ> Why aren't more tests being triggered? WJ> How do I get more rules to be triggered? (flip side of the coin) WJ> Unfortunately I can't use custom rules because my host WJ> (vonetwork.com) isn't willing to let users run custom rules. :( WJ> How do I stop this sort of spam? These three tie together. Spam evolves. Spammers change their methods to try to get around anti-spam filters. Therefore, filter rules and methods change. The ways to keep up with the spammers are to a) Keep current with SpamAssassin versions, to benefit from the latest technology. b) Keep current with custom rules, to benefit from the latest technology. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/CustomRulesets c) Add your own custom rules where even (b) isn't fast enough for you. d) Maintain a good bayes database. If your web/mail host does not do (a), run (don't walk) to another host that does. Make sure this is part of your evaluation for any new host. If your web/mail host does not allow you to do (d), ditto. If your web/mail host does not do (b) within reason, consider switching hosts to one that does. If your web/mail host does/allows (a), (b), and (d), then (c) is less important, but depending on how much time you want to put into this it might still be useful. If your web/mail host does (a) but not (d), then you need (c) (if only to do (b) yourself). FYI, My web host does (a) and (d), and still without (b) and (c) I found I wasn't satisfied with my host. I just switched hosts, and expect my filter performance to increase very significantly. WJ> This is my first post. In the subject parenthetical I listed "(SA WJ> version=3.0.2, Unix, spamd)". Is that the information that should be WJ> provided when asking a question in this list? Yes, though usually it's good enough to put this into the email body. Bob Menschel
