On Friday, January 29, 2010, 12:27:59 PM, Marc Sherman wrote:
> Matija Nalis wrote:
>> 
>> Also note that SARE Ninjas are long gone -  see main page
>> http://www.rulesemporium.com/. So nobody could fix those rules even if they
>> thought it was a good idea (and at least some people are not convinced it is
>> a bad idea); and even if the rules could be fixed, still at least half the
>> world would *never* update them to new versions. So you would still get
>> blocked, only perhaps a little less. That is just a fact (based on extensive
>> mailadmin experience), so trust me on that.

> Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't know that they'd officially
> thrown in the towel (though it's pretty clear to anyone who watches
> update traffic on the rule sets).

> Are there any other resources out there for reasonably useful and
> actively maintained spamassassin rulesets that publish an sa-update channel?

> - Marc

As I understand it, as soon as rules are published, some of the
senders of unsolicited messages immediately change their behavior
to defeat or bypass the rules, so publishing them is somewhat
counterproductive.

Cheers,

Jeff C.
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