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Bryan John Oliver wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 06:24:38PM -0800, Robert Menschel wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello John, > > > > Saturday, November 22, 2003, 4:24:01 PM, you wrote: > > > > JO> I started using the default setting of 5 in user_prefs. This caught > > JO> *very* little spam. Most of the Swen virus emails, for example, > > JO> still get through with scores of about 2.something But marking as > > JO> spam at 2.5 is already causing too much collateral damage for mailing > > JO> lists. I have to be missing something really big and important > > JO> here... :-) > > > > 1) The Swen virus is not spam. It should be caught by anti-virus > > software, not by anti-spam software. > > It's email that I don't want. It has a predictable From: and/or > Subject: and so should be able to be scored very high. > > > 2) yes, you're missing something really big and important, since this > > week, from 5:45 pm on Nov 15 to 6:15 pm on Nov 22, I processed 4,504 > > spam, of which 5 managed to sneak through. That's a 99.89% success rate. > > And I do this with a spam threshold of 9.0 (80% higher than the 5.0 > > default). > > > > What have you missed? > > > > Do you have the default network tests turned on? They are VERY useful in > > catching spam which otherwise scores very low against the default rule > > set. > > Apparently not. It looks to me like something has to be done other than > install SA to make them go, and I'm working on figuring that out now... > :-) > > > Do you have Bayes turned on? Bayes is a life saver here. > > I have no idea. How would I know? > > > Have you adjusted any of the default scores? Check out my new page at > > http://www.exit0.us/index.php/RM_DefaultScoreChanges -- if you can't > > target Swen using an anti-virus program, check out the > > MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE rule and score -- I have this set to 15.00, and it > > catches all live viruses (those with active and executable components). > > I'll look into that... thanks for the link. > > -- > John Oliver, CCNA http://www.john-oliver.net/ > Linux/UNIX/network consulting http://www.john-oliver.net/resume/ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Contribute to the SpamCon Legal Fund!! http://www.spamcon.org/legalfund/ > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ -- Nothing in the world has more potential for beauty than woman. Nothing has more potential to destroy it, than the world. - (Anonymous) http://www.wecs.com/content.htm This signature file is generated by Pick-a-Tag ! Written by Jeroen van Vaarsel http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=pick-a-tag ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
