Re: spam scores low (Sendmail + smtp-vilter + SA )

[jdow]

From: "Mike Sassaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

The default local.cf was very minimal, during troubleshooting I added some
things trying to get improvements.  This is my current

/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf:

required_score 5
rewrite_header Subject *****SPAM*****
use_razor2 1
razor_config /etc/mail/spamassassin/.razor/razor-agent.conf
razor_timeout 600
# report_safe 1
# trusted_networks 212.17.35.
# lock_method flock

use_bayes 1 use_bayes_rules 1 bayes_path /home/_vilter/.spamassassin/bayes bayes_auto_learn 1

bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 6
skip_rbl_checks 0
rbl_timeout 600
use_auto_whitelist 0
score ALL_TRUSTED 0 0 0 0

That bottom line is a severe problem, Mike. It will disable a lot of
very helpful tools and rules within SA. Your bayes_*_autolearn
thresholds need to be widened out. RBL checks are effectively disabled
by your ALL_TRUSTED score. And at least you sensibly have auto whitelist
turned off. But your Bayes database is probably effectively poisoned
at this point and needs to be erased and started fresh.

<rant>
And I think the SA gurus should put in an explicit test that prohibits
setting the score to zero. It should be setup properly so that ALL_TRUSTED
does not hit every time rather than papered over with a zero score.
</rant>

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