First, the AWL isn't a whitelist. Period. It's a score averager.

http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AutoWhitelist



> I have a particular address whitelisted via "spamassassin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]"

No, that command does not whitelist a sender.

It adds ONE message scored at -100 to the sender's averages. It's intended to
correct minor imbalances in the AWL system, and is not an effective method of
whitelisting email. Any single message score winds up lost in the surf of
averages over time.

If that sender has sent 100 emails, this command only gives them a -1.0
advantage, for example.


> I thought AWL assigns a score of -100;

It does not.

If you want to assign a score of -100 to a particular sender you must use
whitelist_from or whitelist_from_rcvd.

Note that these commands have nothing at all to do with the AWL.

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