On 25-Jul-06, at 3:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I have a system running on Fedora Core 3, Postfix, Amavisd and Spam >> Assissin. >> >> It took me a while to figure out how to get the spam headers into >> incoming email. It turned out I had to include the domains in the >> amavisd.conf file in these parameters: local_domains_maps and >> local_domains_acl. I was looking for some confirmation that this >> was indeed what I was supposed to do. > > That is correct. Amavis only tags local mail, so you have to tell it > which domains are local. > >> Now I am finding that they spam scores being given emails are often >> quite low, at least they are lower then I would expect. I have seen >> emails that are very clearly spam emails based on content that are >> receiving spam scores of 2 or 2.5. > > Are you running the network tests? Razor2? URIBL? > > These tests can make a big difference. > >> I was just wondering what most people use as a standard for >> sa_tag2_level_deflt that works well for them. >> >> Or is there somewhere else I should tweak these settings. >> >> I'm just worried about setting that sa_tag2_level_deflt too low and >> have legit email dumped. > > With a normall SA install running the net tests, you should be fairly > safe with the default settings. I would worry much more about the > kill level than the tag levels. > > Of course, I don't use Amavis to run SA myself, so I can't give you a > definitive answer here. > > -- > Bowie
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