> -----Original Message----- > From: Blaise St-Laurent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Assigning score to custom rules (and rules in general?) > > > I was wondering how more experienced spamassassin admins have been > assigning scores to rules that are relevant to their site > (and also per > user if need be). I've installed a few "aftermarket" rulesets > now, and > some of the values are (IMO) either too low or two high based on how > many show up in the spams and hams i examine. > > Is there a good methodology to figuring out appropriate scores? I was > thinking of writing a script that would look at the proportion of > ham/spam that this rule applies to, but that gives me a > percentage, but > not a value. > > How are you all doing it? > > > Blaise. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -------------------------------- > Random IRC quote: > <BombScare> i beat the internet > <BombScare> the end guy is hard >
First, ahahahahah I like that sig quote! Second, Yeah scoring is an art. Depends on your threshold. Rule number 1 is: One rule should NEVER make the email a spam. I also prefer to score low. Most of my rules are below 0.66! Bigevil is the only ones I score higher at 3.0. But those are a special case. It is better to let a spam slip by then score an FP. --Chris
