Igor Chudov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:51:09AM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:46:39AM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: >> >>> I whitelisted some friends, but, to my shock, whitelist ADDS to a >>> score, I thought it should subtract it? It adds 5 to my scores. What's >>> wrong? >>> >> When you say you whitelisted folks, do you mean "whitelist_*" config options, >> or something through the AWL? >> > > Actually both. > > Example of latter: > > 3.5 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list >
Despite it's name, the AWL is *not* a whitelist, it's a score averaging system. The AWL is fully automated, and has nothing to do with your manual whitelisting efforts. (ie: whitelist_* commands do not affect the AWL scores). Also, a positive score doesn't always mean the AWL thinks the message is spam. I'd suggest reading this article to get your mind around what the AWL does and what behaviors are normal, and what ones are problems: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AwlWrongWay
