From: "John Andersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:25, Kurt Fitzner wrote:
The purpose of SpamAssassin is not to punish domains without working
postmaster addresses. It is not to act as RFC cops. It is to detect
spam. Let's not lose sight of the goal because some BL list has gone on
a crusade to police compliance to RFC's that have lost relevance.
Absolutely Spot On!
RFC rules are TOTALLY useless in distinguishing ham from spam.
<<jdow>> So sez you John. My records indicate you're quite wrong.
RFC rules associated with a scoring system work quite well. The
RFC rules that are effective get modest scores; and, the rules
that are REALLY not very effective get small scores.
Emotion is nice. I prefer, when I can get them, hard facts.
{^_^}
