On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Bob George wrote:
> Aha! You answered the question I had posted (with no replies :( ) on the topic
> of spams to whitelisted lists getting high ham scores with AWL! I'd been
> bitten
> by spam to securityfocus lists, only to (finally) notice:
>
> def_whitelist_from_rcvd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> securityfocus.com
>
> in /usr/share/spamassassin/60_whitelist.cf
>
> So am I correct in thinking any spams to any un/poorly-moderated lists from
> domains listed in the default whitelist probably will sail through with a high
> (negative) spam score, right?
That's the net result of whitlisting a list. ANY post (legit or spam) that
makes it thru the listserver gets "blessed".
Now note that the "def_whitelist.." stuff only gives a -15 score,
not the full bore -100 so the damage shouldn't be -too- severe.
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