Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Setting MAX Testing Weight

[Todd - Smart Mail]

John,       As I mentioned, the order that you ran the tests would affect the outcome.   Tests that generate a negative weight would need to be run first, such as IPNOTINMX, BONDEDSENDER, and other whitelist type of tests.  Also the reason I suggested stopping testing at weigh 3x my HOLD weight.  This gives some margin where test would continue to run.     Todd       ----- Original Message ----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:36 AM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Setting MAX Testing Weight You do not want Declude to stop at a certain point. What if it stops, right before the next test which is a whitefilter type test?   With the weighting system, it is important to run all tests to get the final weight.   John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd - Smart Mail Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Setting MAX Testing Weight       My Declude config has grown since install.  I am curious if it is possible determine a Weight at which Declude ceases running tests on an email.        Say I have 40 tests and after Declude runs the first 10 of them it accumulates a score of 300.  I HOLD at 100.  Further testing beyond 300 uses additional resources to produce the same outcome with no additional benefits.  Resources including  processing, bandwidth, and un-needed additional queries to blacklist servers that are working hard to maintain their services.       In this scenario the order that Declude ran your tests would be a factor.  You could place your tests in a specific order in the Declude config  so that primacy tests like Spamcop were first, and additional tests would only be run if needed.  Or you could run tests like Spamcheck, Badheaders, Helobogus first and be able to HOLD messages with a minimum or no external DNS queries.        Todd Hunter Progressive Systems