+1.001.  Score it as a .001

On Tue, May 14, 2019, 10:18 Bill Cole <
sausers-20150...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:

> On 14 May 2019, at 11:03, RW wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 14 May 2019 01:32:43 -0400
> > Bill Cole wrote:
> >
> >> On 14 May 2019, at 0:41, Siddhesh wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello Folks,
> >>>
> >>> Can we have a SpamAssassin score for a domain which doesn't have
> >>> SPF record set ??
> >>
> >> The rule SPF_NONE exists in the standard rules channel. It is
> >> currently scored at 0 by default.
> >
> > I don't see why it isn't scored at 0.001.
>
> The relevant comment in the 50_scores.cf file offers a dubious
> justification that scoring it would encourage spammers to publish valid
> SPF records just to avoid the rule. This would be a problem if SPF_PASS
> had a strong ham score and lots of spammers used domains theyb owned
> without SPF but I don't really see the logic when SPF_PASS is scored at
> -0.001 and not having any SPF record is no longer the mark of a spammer
> but rather a mark of mail apathy.
>
>

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