Thanks Matt for this long explanation. I agree with the fact that you should avoid raising rules score or think twice before doing it. A lot of trouble may appear with a rule with a to high score. I got in trouble at the beginning with that. I raised some scores very high (more than 20), and I got AWL (see http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AutoWhitelist) running. When I realized I made a mistake with that scores, I lowered them down. But AWL kept on score high, logically ...
Now I think the only score rules I change are RBL, URIBL etc. And I check my bayes scoring regulary ... By the way, anyone knows where I can find an explanation for each rules of the default sa ruleset ? I know, most of the time, the title or desc are explicit, but sometimes not. I've search (maybe not enough) the Wiki but didnt found ... thanks > -----Message d'origine----- > 2) finding and testing some of the add-on rulesets to expand > the diversity of rules in your SA set. Generally speaking, > you'll get fewer FPs from 2 rules that score 2.5 each on a > particular spam than you will from 1 rule scoring 5.0. > > >
