On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, rstarkov wrote:

>
[snip..]
> > if your MTA properly marks mail received with authentication and inserts
> > authentication headers, SpamAssassin will take those headers and dynamic
> > RBL checks should not apply.
>
> I don't think it does. Here's a sample email in its entirety:
> http://pastebin.com/3hR48LqX
>
> What sort of headers should be added? Should it mention something about
> ESMTP in the "Received" header or something like that?
>

Spamassassin does honor authentication headers that are -properly- added.
(see rfc3848 for an official statement of what needs to be done). In your
example that MTA (qmail?) did not add proper authentication headers.

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