If I understand correctly, razor runs several "engines" on my email. Each engine "normalizes" my messages (takes out spaces and stuff?), hashes the normalized message, and then asks a razor server if the resulting hash is spam. Is this correct? If yes,
How can I tell how many engines my version of razor has? How can I see my email after its been normalized, before its been hashed? What kinds of hashes does razor use? MD5? SHA1? I've done "razor_check -d -H", but didn't 100% understand the output. What does this mean (from -H): 1.0 e4: GuDG3rTj4vwLIGcyaJbtLbnrIUAA, ep4: 7542-10 1.1 e4: 2UCVUX8jE9jrHCJxn1xYSRLB1vEA, ep4: 7542-10 1.2 e4: GcePVVOdDWym2jn1EHMLVmZtVcwA, ep4: 7542-10 Does e4 mean engine 4? Why did it generate 3 hashes for a single mail? Does 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 mean the three MIME pieces of the single email? Does razor split an email on MIME boundaries? What does this mean (from -d): check[6284]: [ 6] preproc: mail 1.0 went from 1866 bytes to 1716 check[6284]: [ 6] preproc: mail 1.1 went from 3075 bytes to 2797 check[6284]: [ 6] preproc: mail 1.2 went from 19018 bytes to 13956 Is this the normalization process shrinking the pieces of my email? And how about this (from -d): check[6284]: [ 6] Engine (8) didn't produce a signature for mail 1.0 Why couldn't engine (8) produce a hash for a piece of my mail? Also, what do the values in ~/.razor/server.c101.cloudmark.com.conf (for example) mean? Finally, if razor uses hashes to define spam, why use a whitelist? The odds of ham having the same hash as spam are really low, right? Or does the normalization process sometimes reduce ham and spam to the same string? Appreciate everyone's help. I think razor's great, just want to make sure I understand it. -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Razor-users mailing list Razor-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/razor-users
