I'm confused. And it's always been a subject that confuses me. How about an example... Mail fails SBL for 100 weight. Mail fails revdns-whitelist filter which adds a -200 weight. So net weight at this time is -100. Next filter has a skipifweight 75. Would the filter get skipped or processed?
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:53:41 -0500 > >> > The SKIPIFWEIGHT option attempts to calculate the weight with the >> > information it has. It will add the weights for any tests that have >> > already been run and failed, but will not consider negative weights. >> >>Are you saying that SKIPIFWEIGHT completely ignores any test that >>passes a negative value? > >It ignores weights that are used if an E-mail does *not* pass a test (for >example, the NOLEGITCONTENT/IPNOTINMX tests work in this "backwards" way). > >It does not ignore weights that are below zero. > >>In other words the positive accrued value >>say for example on a particular email is 100. A compensatory filter >>for this email scores it with a -300. The net effect [%WEIGHT%] after >>both tests are run is +100? > >The actual weight is the same, regardless of whether SKIPIFWEIGHT is >used. We're just talking about the weight that the SKIPIFWEIGHT option >sees, which may differ from the actual weight of the E-mail. > > -Scott >--- >Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers >since 2000. >Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver >vulnerability detection. >Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > >---- >This outgoing message is guaranteed to be authentic by Message Level users. >Guarantee the authenticity of your email @ http://www.messagelevel.com. >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
