Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-18 Thread aag_uk
John D. Hardin wrote: On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, aag_uk wrote: (1) Check your MTA options. Some allow you to configure rejection of a message after X number of invalid recipients are given. (2) Consider a rule that adds a point if more than X names appear in the TO: and/or CC: headers.

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-18 Thread aag_uk
a) is probably going to be quite resource-intensive; I don´t really know, according to http://www.nabble.com/forum/ViewPost.jtp?post=12207486framed=y sm-7 say that it shouldn´t be b) requires LDAP, NIS, etc., so that SpamAssassin can have a clue about your accounts; c) requires competent

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Aag_uk wrote on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:33:49 -0700 (PDT): it´s quite unlikely that somebody tags any of my users as I said it may work for you, it will not work for the majority of SA users. The whole effort and the FPs would not be worth it. If you don't believe that, start coding. Kai --

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-18 Thread Chip M.
Alberto, your reasoning is correct, based on my experience of actually implementing and using such a system, albeit in a small scale environment. As sm points out, it is particularly useful as a pass rule for exact matches to your users' actual email client real names. I've implemented this as

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-18 Thread hamann . w
Kai Schätzl wrote: You don't understand at all. What gets put in the comment is up to the sender. They can put *everything* there and it's legit. You do not control it at all and you do not send them a reply please change my name in your addressbook to xyz. It can be the name, a part

why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-17 Thread aag_uk
Hi, I´m pretty new to SpamAssassin and maybe what I am saying is nonsense or somebody else has suggested this, or the test already exists but I don´t know how to configure it, anyway here is my question. I´ve noticed that some spam messages not marked as spam by spamassassin (the score is

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-17 Thread Chris St. Pierre
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, aag_uk wrote: I´ve noticed that some spam messages not marked as spam by spamassassin (the score is lower than the limit I´ve set: 5.0. Those emails usually have some hints that suggest they are probably spam: score about 4.6). These message are addressed to many people in

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-17 Thread John D. Hardin
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, aag_uk wrote: These message are addressed to many people in my domain but the names before the email address are random. To explain it more clearly, for example, the recipient in the TO field is something like this: John [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Very ofter the CC field

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-17 Thread SM
At 13:58 17-08-2007, Chris St. Pierre wrote: That's an interesting idea, but it a) is probably going to be quite resource-intensive; Not really. c) requires competent fuzzy matching so that, when a user sends mail to Chris St. Pierre [EMAIL PROTECTED], it doesn't flag it as spam because my

Re: why not doing a test that checks name-email address pairs

2007-08-17 Thread hamann . w
Hi,=20 I=C2=B4m pretty new to SpamAssassin and maybe what I am saying is nonsense = or somebody else has suggested this, or the test already exists but I don=C2= =B4t know how to configure it, anyway here is my question. I=C2=B4ve noticed that some spam messages not marked as spam by