>-----Original Message----- >From: Loren Wilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 11:10 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: what about non-marked spam? > > >> What are you doing about spam that goes through being scored >too low for >> spamassassin to get it? Do you create your own rules or try >to block it >> some other way? Is there a way to get SA to train itself by >telling it >> that certain message is a spam such as Thunderbird etc...? > >Almost every time I get one I write another rule. That >doesn't happen much >any more, my average spam score is around 50, with a 4.6 >requirement, and it >is a rare spam that scores below 12. I generally scan >anything below 20 or >so to look for new rule candidates when I have spare time. > >Use the SARE rule sets that are appropriate to your >circumstances, and the >others like backhair and weeds and tripwire that are also out >there. Get >SURBL working if you run net tests (I don't). > >And finally, turn on the bayesian filtering and get it >trained. This will >take a little of your time daily for a week or two to get it >well trained, >but then you should only have to pay attention to it >occasionally to make >sure it is still working correctly. >
What Loren is trying to say, is that Loren and the other ninjas have some sort of mental problem "OMG this spam scored a 12! To the drawing board!" ;) Thanks to ninjas like Loren, I think my average score is around 20 as well. But it is sooooo much fun! I still get a thrill out of seeing one of my rules hitting. The last one being ANUMA) --Chris
