https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6817
[email protected] changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |a29508-spamassassin@sedacon | |.com --- Comment #1 from [email protected] --- (In reply to comment #0) > We just got a bunch of legitimate email marked as spam, and the dominant > rule was HK_NAME_MR_MRS from 72_active.cf > > I realize a lot of "stranger" email will contain Mr/Mrs - but so does a lot > of legit email. Three points for two chars is always a bad idea ;-) This rule (or, more specifically, __HK_NAME_MR_MRS which is referenced by it) triggers only if the display name in the From: field starts with "Mr" or "Mrs" or "Miss", followed by a word boundary. It is common for people to put a name or a role designation in the display name field. For example, you probably have "Jason Haar" in there, but somebody else might put a role description such as "Acme Sales". You do *not* have "Mr Jason Haar" as display name in the From: field of your messages. If you did, this would indeed appear a bit funny. In short, the rule does not trigger everytime somebody writes "Mr" in his message, but only if he has this word at the beginning of (the display name field of) his From: field. Apparently, this can distinguish spam from ham in the test corpora. For most people, it probably works pretty well. If it does not work for you, just turn it off in local.cf. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
