> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:11 PM > To: Michel Vaillancourt > Cc: Spamassassin List (E-mail) > Subject: Re: SPF Scores > > > Why, or to what end, would you want to adjust the scores?
Because if there is a DNS failure, SA triggers SPF_SOFTFAIL, which has a very high score higher then HARD_FAIL in face!) So, SPF_SOFTFAIL either needs to be scored LOW, or (even if the RFC's say a DNS failure is a SOFT_FAIL) I am tired of explaining to users that get email from AOL and their buggy, overloaded DNS servers. (yes, I looked up the ip address and pulled a txt record from aol, and yes, the ips are in the range, and yes, I have gotten SPF_SOFTFAIL from domains without any spf records) So, score SPF_HARDFAIL* high enough to be at least half your score, and drop SPF_SOFTFAIL to only about 20% of your score. Ie: if you are looking for a 6 to be marked 'spam', set HARD to 3, set soft to 1.5. Also, logically, why is spt_helo_fail a 0, and softfail 2+? And FAIL lower then SOFTFAIL, I know the tests seem to indicate that spammers are using spf records :-( but logically, it doesn't make sense (especially in the light of the rfc's that say a legitimate email, with a server with valid spf records with a slow or overloaded dns server on their end or YOUR end should be marked as a SPF_SOFTFAIL) 50_scores.cf:score SPF_PASS -0.001 50_scores.cf:score SPF_HELO_PASS -0.001 50_scores.cf:score SPF_FAIL 0 1.333 0 1.142 50_scores.cf:score SPF_HELO_FAIL 0 50_scores.cf:score SPF_HELO_NEUTRAL 0 50_scores.cf:score SPF_HELO_SOFTFAIL 0 2.078 0 2.432 50_scores.cf:score SPF_NEUTRAL 0 1.379 0 1.069 50_scores.cf:score SPF_SOFTFAIL 0 1.470 0 1.384 local.cf: SPF_HELO_SOFTFAIL 1.2 SPF_FAIL 3 If your score is 5: 1 and 2.5 Or if you have slow dns servers, set soft to .5 or 0.
