This was recently discussed on the users list:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/spamassassin/users/173721

I'd still like to try to keep the traffic on this list to a minimum to
avoid masscheck contributors unsubscribing due to noise, so we can contact
them when something actually specific to masschecking comes up.

On 08/21, Michael Monnerie wrote:
> I had this rule in a HAM:
> 
>  3.7 FROM_12LTRDOM          From a 12-letter domain
> 
> which caused it to be identified as SPAM. Who ever wrote that rule? 
> There may have been a spammer who used 12 letter domains, but causing 
> EVERY 12 letter domain to be identified by 3.7 points is... too much.
> 
> Maybe the mass-check script "learned" that this rule should have 3.7, or 
> who decided to have 3.7? If it was mass-check, there should be a way to 
> limit points for a rule to a realistic range by human. For example, to 
> define that FROM_12LTRDOM could have from 0.1 to 1.5 points, so we don't 
> cause nearly every 12 letter domain mail to be spam.
> 
> I hope this is the right list to ask this?
> 
> -- 
> mit freundlichen Grüssen,
> Michael Monnerie, Ing. BSc
> 
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