Seems misunderstanding. Better I give you a real example (shortend to be readably and anonymous):
Return-Path: <wirtschaftswo...@derborse-fur-dummies.net> * -5.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, high trust * [194.50.69.1 listed in list.dnswl.org] * 1.7 URIBL_DBL_SPAM Contains an URL listed in the DBL blocklist * [URIs: thebinarysistema.com] * 1.0 MSGID_MULTIPLE_AT Message-ID contains multiple '@' characters * 2.0 FS_LARGE_PERCENT2 Larger than 100% in subj. * 1.1 DCC_CHECK Als Massen-E-Mail erkannt von DCC (dcc-servers.net) ------- = 0.8 = No Spam Without the -5.0 DNSWL_HI it would have been tagged (correct) as spam with 5.8 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mobile.de) (194.50.69.1) Received: from derborse-fur-dummies.net (derborse-fur-dummies.net [37.59.206.107]) by mail.mobile.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for <spamvic...@mobile.de>