Hi there. I've been using Razor2 via SpamAssassin for a few months now, and I'm starting to question whether I have everything set up properly. I keep seeing mentions of detection rates on the order of 80% or better, but I'm not seeing anything nearly that good.
I'm running SpamAssassin + Razor via a sendmail milter, so spam detection is done at the earliest possible moment from the perspective of our network. A copy of anything scoring over 5.0 is saved on our mail server for later analysis, including the SA report, which makes after-the-fact analysis of rule efficacy fairly trivial. I also verify that all "trapped" messages are indeed spam before reporting them to Razor2. At initial reception time, I'm getting an average of 15% of my spam detected by Razor. Some days it's as low as 10%, some days it's as high as 20%, but if I take an average over an entire month, it's 15%. Often several days go by before I process my "caught spam" directory. Prior to reporting, I do a razor-check on the folder and then another after reporting for comparison. The difference is striking -- after I report my spam folder, roughly three times as many of the messages are categorized by Razor as spam! (Still no better than 60%,though). Could it be that my razor setup isn't optimal? Is there some explanation for what I'm seeing? Thanks! ---- Nels Lindquist <*> Information Systems Manager Morningstar Air Express Inc. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Razor-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/razor-users
