> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bret Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 4:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: 419 Mania
> 
> 
> > > Tons of Nigerian garbage, but not a single one made it to 
> my inbox, 
> > > and none of my users has complained of it. I seem to get adequate 
> > > coverage here with SA 2.63's base set. For example, the one 
> > I checked 
> > > scored over 19 with the following:
> > >
> > > BAYES_99=6,FORGED_JUNO_RCVD=2.058,J_CHICKENPOX_31=0.6,
> > > J_CHICKENPOX_72=0.6,J_CHICKENPOX_84=0.6,J_CHICKENPOX_91=0.6,
> > > NIGERIAN_BODY1=2.018,NIGERIAN_BODY2=0.7,NIGERIAN_BODY3=0.738,
> > > NIGERIAN_BODY4=0.701,NIGERIAN_SUBJECT1=2.599,NO_REAL_NAME=0.16,
> > > OPPORTUNITY=2.055,UPPERCASE_75_100=0
> > 
> > Err, unless I'm mistaken, the base install of SA doesn't have 
> > any rules like J_CHICKENPOX_72 ;-)
> 
> This is true.
> 
> > Also the default score for BAYES_99 is only 5.4, so you have 
> > a significantly tweaked system.
> 
> Of course, I do. Don't most? However, I stop spam scored at 8 
> or higher,
> so I had to tweak some things. If you use the default install, it gets
> flagged spam at 5, which means a simple bayes_99 is enough to make it
> spam. Combine that with Nigerian_body1, subject1 and opportunity and
> you're way high on the score, tweaked or not.
> 
> I'm not saying it'll stop all of them, but it should get a decent
> percentage.
> 
> Bret
> 

I haven't had a 419 slip thru in AGES!!! I'll be working on a 419.cf file
this weekend. :)

--Chris 

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