Thanks for your reply. Philip Butler Internal Systems Engineer Region VI ESC phone 936.435.2503 fax 936.295.1447 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Declude JunkMail >What causes messages to achieve a certain "Weight" in Declude? Declude JunkMail runs a number of tests against each E-mail. Each test is assigned a certain weight (for example, the BADHEADERS test has a weight of 8 by default, whereas the SPAMHEADERS test has a weight of 3 by default). The total weight is calculated simply by adding the individual weights of each of the tests that an E-mail fails. For example, an E-mail just failing the BADHEADERS test would have a weight of 8, while an E-mail failing both the BADHEADERS and SPAMHEADERS tests would have a weight of 11. >I am experiencing this problem: > >One user sends two messages...one gets through, the other doesn't. The one >that doesn't get through is assigned a weight value of 13, which I hold. Note that scanning outgoing E-mail is not commonly done, and should normally only be done if you have a specific reason to (such as expecting your customers of spamming). Scanning outgoing mail will not reduce the amount of incoming spam. >Can this weight value be achieved because of sending to a group or something >(cause that is basically the difference...he sends one email to me and it >makes it, he sends one to a group,list or something and it doesn't get to >me. The recipient won't make a difference, because there aren't any spam tests that check the recipient of the E-mail (because it is assumed that the recipient is the one you are scanning the mail for). All you need to do in this case is look at what tests each E-mail failed. By default, you should have an X-Spam-Tests-Failed: header that will show you which tests the E-mail failed. Or, you can look in the log file to see which tests it failed. From that, you can do whatever it is you want to do (let the user know why his mail is getting marked as spam, fine-tune your settings, etc.). -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
