> -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Fitzner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:32 AM > To: SpamAssassin Users > Subject: Concerned with scores for from rfc-ignorant.org > > > I just upgraded from 3.0.2 to 3.1.7 today, as I noticed the > amount of spam getting through was increasing lately. Very > soon after my upgrade, I received email from someone on yahoo > and checked the spam score to see what the new version was > doing. Here it is: > > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.1 required=5.0 > tests=BAYES_00=-2.599, > DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME=0.001,DK_POLICY_TESTING=0.001,DK_SIGNED=0.001, > DK_VERIFIED=-0.001,DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE=0.2,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST=1.708, > DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS=1.447,HTML_10_20=1.351,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 > autolearn=no version=3.1.7 > > The overall score was only 2.1, but look at the scores given > for DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS and > DNS_FROM_RFC_POST. That's an automatic score of 3.355 for > any yahoo.com user.
All scores are adjusted each release, comparing spam received from domains that don't care what their users do (no abuse@ or postmaster@) address, vs domains that actually have competent management that cares about the email issue. Obviously, yahoo.com knows about the blacklists, and has decided that it is more important to isolate their technical staff from complaints than to make sure their users can send email. Not sure I get anything but spam from yahoo.com anyway. And, you can adjust the scores with local.cf.
