You've presented good logic for acceping mail from self to self.
But you haven't explained by using the AWL for mail from self to
self is better than not having it.
On Jun 2, 2008, at 4:02 AM, Jonas Eckerman wrote:
Because it can help discriminate between spam and ham addressed from
self to self. Heres an example:
StupidWebService send self->self addressed ham from relay 1.2.3.4
EvilSpammer send self->self addressed spam from relay 5.6.7.8 (wich,
unfortunately, belongs to a big ISP so the relay doesn'ät get
blocked).
One day StupidWebService send a ham that triggered a bunch of
positive hits (including BAYES_99). Since mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] has a
negative score in the AWL, the mail gets though all right.
One day EvilSpammer manages to send a mail that doesnät hit any
positive rules, but does hit BAYES_00. Since [EMAIL PROTECTED] has a high
positive score in the AWL, the mail still gets flagged as spam.
If the AWL ignore mail from self->self, the two mails in the above
example would have been misclassified.
Indeed. I submit you are right.
FYI: I still haven't had another misclassification since the first, so
I'm beginning to think that this was a lark.
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Jo Rhett
Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source
and other randomness
