Quoting Matt Kettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sn!per wrote: > > Hi all, > > Am using SA version 3.2.4 . So far working great. > > > > I am comparing the headers on two of my mails. The first mail is NOT a > spam, and X-Spam-Status is like so: > > > > No, score=2.7 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no > version=3.2.4 > > > > > > The second email is a spam, and its X-Spam-Status looks like this: > > Yes, score=24.4 required=10.0 tests=DCC_CHECK,DIGEST_MULTIPLE, > PYZOR_CHECK,RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100,RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_E8_51_100,RAZOR2_CHECK, > RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,RCVD_IN_PBL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL,RCVD_IN_XBL,RDNS_NONE, > URIBL_BLACK,URIBL_JP_SURBL,URIBL_RHS_DOB,URIBL_SC_SURBL,URIBL_WS_SURBL > autolearn=spam version=3.2.4 > > > > > > Question: Why is it that on the header of the ham, autolearn=no ? > > Because with a score of +2.7 it didn't meet the score criteria for > either spam or nonspam learning. SA only autolearns low scoring nonspam > and high scoring spam. Everything "in between" it figures might be > miscategorized, so it doesn't autolearn it. > > By default, the "learning score" needs to be under 0.1 to autolearn as > nonspam. It needs to be above 12 to learn as spam (with at least 3 > header-rule points and 3 body rule points). > > See also: > > http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.2.x/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Plugin_AutoLearnThreshold.html > > Note: the "learning score" is the score the message would have gotten if: > 1) bayes was disabled (includes scoreset change) > 2) the awl doesn't count. > 3) any rules with tflags learn or userconf (ie: white/blacklist > rules) don't count. > > SA uses that score for deciding to autolearn or not to prevent > self-feedback on the learning systems, and to prevent a mistaken > whitelist_from from causing a lot of spam to autolearn as nonspam. >
Thanks Matt and all. So I figure my configs are all okay then. Can I just leave things the way they are or you guys reckon I should be better off with some other additional steps ? Many thanks. -- Roger --------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for free Email at http://ureg.home.net.my/ ---------------------------------------------------
