Sounds like something that should be adjusted in the documentation Duncan
posted to the wiki!
Loren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bowie Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Spamassassin List (E-mail)" <users@spamassassin.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: Delete an address from the AWL?
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
>
> > Reading the man page raises another (somewhat related) question, tho.
> >
> > --add-addr-to-whitelist
> > Add the named email address to the automatic whitelist. Note
that
> > you must be running "spamassassin" or "spamd" with the auto-
> > whitelist enabled.
> >
> > Doesn't this happen automatically the first time that SA sees an email
> > address? Why would you want to add one manually?
> >
>
> That doesn't quite do what you think..
>
> It forces the AWL to believe a message was received from the specified
sender
> with -100 score. This winds up shifting their AWL average in a "white"
direction.
>
> It's not so much used to add entries, as it's used to fix goofups in the
AWL
> database caused by FPs, etc.
>
> --add-addr-to-blacklist does the same thing, but uses +100.
