Ben Rometsch wrote: > On 12 Aug 2008, at 17:51, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > > >> Ben Rometsch wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've got version 1.3.9.1 running nicely on my server and have set it >>> up to work purely off message scoring. I want to tune the limits for >>> flagging/rejecting mail based on the overall score, but cant figure >>> out a way to get any relevant stats. >>> >>> What I'd like to do is be able to search through the mail in /spam >>> and /notspam and see what the message scores are for each email; that >>> way I can process the folders and see what the spread of message >>> scores is, and look at the ham with high scores and spam with low >>> scores to figure out if I can tweak ASSP to be even more effective. >>> >>> It seems that the mail stored in /spam and /notspam do not include >>> any >>> of the header tags that ASSP puts into the message that make it to my >>> inbox. Is there a way of turning this on, or is there a better method >>> available to me? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >> The /spam and /notspam represent a file-based database. This is "raw" >> data for ASSP and is not intended for admin review. >> >> First, make use of the "Non-Default Settings" and compare your >> settings >> against the defaults for that version. Fritz is continuously tweaking >> the settings based on his own real-time experiences - so even if >> you're >> running on the defaults from 1.3.5 or 1.3.9 beta, 1.3.9.1 may have >> changed something. This particularly applies to the PB settings. >> >> The two main tools you have are the "Info and Stats" page, and the >> sendAllSpam setting. Look to see what blocks are most effective in >> your >> statistics, and see if small adjustments make a difference. In >> addition, periodic review of the spam catchall will show you (assuming >> you've enabled the option is ASSP) the ASSP headers that will reflect >> what caught the junk. >> >> It's important to make small incremental changes when tuning something >> like this. The change history feature that allows you to review what >> you've done and when you did it is awesome. >> -- >> Daniel >> > > Thanks for the reply. The info and stats aren't hugely helpful as > almost all of it is classified as Message Scoring. > > What I want to ensure is that lowering the message scores for either > flagging or rejecting will not increase the number of false positives. > Ideally I'd like to be able to look over the previous mails that have > been received and see what scores they were so that I can see what > would have been flagged/blocked retrospectively. I guess there's no > way of doing that at the moment... > Um...read my previous message again. sendAllSpam (ccAllSpam) is your friend. If you have ASSP configured correctly - you will see the various message score hits in the headers. So you'll want to enable the various Add***Header options - this will also get you ASSP headers in received mail so you can see what ASSP found and permitted to pass. Then, if you've received something you feel shouldn't have gotten through - send it through the analysis (either web page or e-mail) and you'll see how it passed - and be able to tweak settings until it gets caught. -- Daniel
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