That's called autowhitelisting or AWL, look it up in the spamassassin docs.
In short, since all mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] comes from the same sender the scan results get a little flattened. (so that if your nephew sends you a mail with the words tits and pills, SA would know that it's probably coincidence and pull the score down) HTH -------------------------------------------------- Tom Vergote Developer / Web Developer E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Website: http://www.tomvergote.be On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Jonas Persson wrote: > Hi Guys, > > i just installed spamassasin together with exim, and i must say i seam to > have a very weird setup since it seams to have different rules. > > I have the following setting enabled in > /etc/spamassasin/ > > local.cfg > ---------------------- > rewrite_subject 1 > report_safe 1 > > user_prefs.template > ----------------------- > # How many hits before a mail is considered spam. > required_hits 3 > > exim.conf > -------------------- > spamcheck_director: > > # do not use this director when verifying a local-part at SMTP-time > no_verify > > condition = "${if and { {!def:h_X-Spam-Flag:} {!eq > {$received_protocol}{spam-scanned}} {!eq {$received_protocol}{local}} > } {1}{0}}" > driver = smartuser > transport = spamcheck > > > I have checked so i have the same information in all configuration files > in /etc/mail/spamassasin /etc/spamassasin/ ~/.spamassasin, > > Now to the problem, when i check the headers on "SPAM" sent to this > mailing list i get very low hits, like 0.3 or 0.8 out of 5 but if i send a > "SPAM" message from myself to myself it gets marked as spam and there the > "required hits" of 3 works. > > * Why do i get required_hits 5 on other mail than the mail originating > from myself ? > > * Do i need something additionally to get this to work ? > > Best Regards > Jonas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
