[my idea]
> I can envision a couple of tests of "To" headers that might catch a bit
> more spam. Examples:
>
> * mail to any address not recognized as mine should earn 0.5 - 1.0
> points; this could be improved by having a "recipient whitelist"
> where you put known recipients, including mailing lists you're o
[Charlie Watts reacts]
> How does spamassassin know your address? This is a nice test, but how do
> you get your addresses into spamassassin?
Well, I've whipped up a very ad-hoc version already:
header TO_UNKNOWN To !~ /gward|greg/
describe TO_UNKNOWN To: header points to someone else
score TO_UNKNOWN 0.8
Obviously this will only work for me, and it will unfairly malign most
mailing list messages. It's a start, though.
A better idea is the recipient whitelist. Just as you can give SA a
list of "known good" senders, how about a list of "known good"
recipients. This would contain both your personal addresses and the
addresses of mailing lists you're on. If a message comes in that
doesn't mention any of your known recipients in either "To" or "Cc",
then it earns a point or two.
This doesn't feel like something that could be done in a regex. It
should also probably have a default score of 0, because it would require
some manual labour to setup the recipient whitelist. Still, sounds like
an idea worth pursuing.
[me again]
> * mail to any /(hotmail|msn|yahoo|...).com/ address should earn a
> point or so
I think the above idea were properly fleshed out, this one would be
unnecessary.
Greg
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