On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 06:37 -0800, Roberta wrote:
>
> As I am not a server admin myself, I don't have access to any filter
> settings.
> Also in global servers, there isn't any admin available to talk or complain
> about problems :-(
>
> But it looks very much that Spam assassin does more harm then helps people.
> As there seldom any spam is catched but instead mostly I see normal messages
> alerted as spam.
We've had that before, no?
It is *your* ISP who is scanning the mail. It is *your* ISP who is
responsible for maintaining the tools (this includes SA *and* Amavis)
and configuration, decision about tagging and blocking.
*Your* ISP configured the tools to be overly strict. (And scan outgoing
messages.)
This is not our fault. All you can do is talk to your ISP. They are
responsible. If your ISP doesn't listen and provides bad service, it is
your freedom to switch the ISP.
On a related note: Fuzzy OCR is a third-party, additional plugin. It is
NOT part of stock SpamAssassin. So it is even less our problem, but the
fault of whoever decided to use Fuzzy OCR, and score it a whopping
one-shot-kill of 5.
> So what's the conclusion - that email messages aren't allowed to include any
> images? Why then images are supported in Outlook at all?
>
> Or what's wrong with image, that it's named a FUZZY_OCR?
Fuzzy OCR checks images for contained text, and triggers if a given word
is being found -- in the image. Yes, maintaining and setting up the list
of words is, you probably guessed it, the responsibility of your ISP
running SA and Fuzzy OCR.
Bottom line, just as lat time: Go talk to your ISP. Complain to them.
If they don't listen, get yourself another ISP.
guenther
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