We recently took the que in earlier discussions here to begin utilizing negative weights in the filter file we had already constructed to make counter-weighing work. We are very pleased with the results. First we have just one file to edit that weighs possible spam by rating MAILFROM, BODY, etc. but then we added to the same file -100 or -60 counter-weights for versions of these that are really legitimate sources. The whole operation is simple as it is based strictly on weight and editing Declude rules to balance against black lists that are trapping legitimate emails.. works super and is very easy to manage. You also do not have the limitations of total whitelisting entries associated with the global.cfg.
Spam weights, for example, look like: MAILFROM 13 CONTAINS opt-in MAILFROM 13 CONTAINS optitarget MAILFROM 13 CONTAINS promo Spam 'counterweights' look like: MAILFROM -100 CONTAINS .classmates.com MAILFROM -100 CONTAINS .rnc.org MAILFROM -100 CONTAINS pcclub.com -- Roger Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rleeheath.com ----- Copy of Original Message(s): ----- >> One problem I see (Sandy and others, please jump in) is that whitelisting J> is J> easy to mess up, and a crack that the "law of unintended consequences" will J> exploit. Two examples: the example in Scott's manual that says whitelisting J> mail.com is probably a bad idea, and whitelisting J> postmaster@[yourdomainhere.tld] gives a free ride to any spam that sends to J> postmaster while cc'ing everybody else at your domain. J> I agree. The battle goes on. J> John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA J> IT Manager, Network Engineer J> RelianceSoft, Inc. J> Fullerton, CA 92835 J> www.reliancesoft.com -- ActivatorMail(tm) ver.082302 Scanned for all viruses by www.activatormail.com intelligent anti-virus anti-spam service --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
