On 11/16, umeca74 wrote: > Hello > > I am doing some tests sending my emails to contentanaly...@unifiedemail.net > to assess their "spamminess" > > when I send an email through e.g. hotmail, then it is low scored by > spamassassin > > if I use MS Outlook to go through my SMTP server I immediately see a hefty > spam score on account of a blocked IP address: > > 3.3 RCVD_IN_PBL > RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus PBL > [94.68.74.194 listed in zen.spamhaus.org] > > The explanation given there is that I am not using authenticated SMTP, > whereas I *am* using an authenticated SMTP connection through port 587 > > is there something wrong with spam assassin here or is it my fault?
Your MTA isn't mentioning the authentication in the relevant received header in a way that spamassassin recognizes. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw http://www.ChaosReigns.com
