On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:29:21AM -0500, Randy Ramsdell wrote: > I have doing some checking of spam messages that make it through our > mail filtering systems and noticed that the spam score does not reflect > what I get when checking manually. > > An example spam report: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.068 tagged_above=-9999 required=5 > tests=[BAYES_50=0.001, HELO_DYNAMIC_DHCP=3.066, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] > X-Spam-Score: 3.068 > > But when using "spamassassin -D -lint < $message" it hits more rules: [...] > 3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100% > 3.9 RCVD_IN_XBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus XBL > 0.0 RCVD_IN_PBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus PBL > > That is a big difference! > Any ideas about why this is?
It appears that the first results are a) using a different Bayes DB, and b) not using network tests (aka: local mode). -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "So on one hand, honey is an amazingly sophisticated and efficient food source. On the other hand it's bee backwash." - Alton Brown, Good Eats, "Pantry Raid IV: Comb Alone"
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