> Hi all! > I don't understand something in AWL working and want somebody > clears it for > me. > I know that AWL is a score averaging system and it's bad idia to use it as > whitelist, but there is possibility --add-to-whitelist(-W) to add > e-mail to > AWL with -100 score. This possibility works very strange. > I use sql-backend and see last changes. > > My actions: > 1. Add email in awl with score -100 > spamassassin -W test-email > In awl appears new row: email|none|1|-100 (e-mail|ip|count|score) > > 2. I do first test check: > cat test-email | spamc -R > Content analysis details: (-49.4 points, 5.0 required) > pts rule name description > ---- ---------------------- > -------------------------------------------------- > 0.6 HTML_SHORT_LENGTH BODY: HTML is extremely short > 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message > 0.5 DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE RBL: Envelope sender in abuse.rfc-ignorant.org > -51 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list > In awl row: email|62.234|1|1.109 (e-mail|ip|count|score) > Something strange: count is 1 still and score has become 1.109 :(
What happened to the email|none row? Is it still there? > 3. I do second check > cat test-email | spamc -R > Content analysis details: (1.1 points, 5.0 required) > pts rule name description > ---- ---------------------- > -------------------------------------------------- > 0.6 HTML_SHORT_LENGTH BODY: HTML is extremely short > 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message > 0.5 DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE RBL: Envelope sender in abuse.rfc-ignorant.org > In awl row: email|62.234|2|2.218 (e-mail|ip|count|score) > Where is AWL check in the second check report? Again, se if an email|null is still there Anyway, to whitelist a message source, use whitelist_from or, even better, whitelist_from_rcvd in your .cf file. If you use AWL to do this, your whitelist score may get "consumed" after a while. Giampaolo > I expected that address will have negative score after > add-to-whitelist, but > it works only for a one trying. The second(and further) trying it doesn't > work.... > Why awl doesn't work as it must work - it must smoothly change > score - e.g. > -49.4, -25, -15 and so on... But it doesn't. > > Where am i not right? > > p.s. > My system: > FreeBSD 5.4/Spamassassin 3.1.5/MySQL 4.1.18 > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/AWL-and-whitelists-tf2518983.html#a7025648 > Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
