On 12 Aug 2008, at 18:18, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > 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
What I really want is message score stats on Ham, not Spam. I can sort of achieve this by grepping through the mail spool files on the server. Does ASSP provide a Message Score header for Ham? Looking through the mail files I cant really see anything consistent? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
