Thanks Bob,

SARE_FRAUD was suggested but would this be a duplication when we are
running clamd virus scanner on all the mail?

Thanks,

Ken Rea



On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Robert Menschel wrote:

> Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 11:59:23 AM, Matt wrote:
>
> MK> I'm not well versed in picking the "minimalist" set for a low-resource 
> site, but
> MK> I can at least tell you what I know you should avoid.
>
> MK> In general, the bigger the .cf file, the more resource intensive it will 
> likely
> MK> be. Admittedly this is a wildly inaccurate measure because of non-rule 
> content,
> MK> but it's better than nothing. I tend to be wary of .cf files over 128k, 
> and I'd
> MK> keep the total under 256k.
>
> MK> FWIW, I personally like these SARE rulesets:
>
> MK> 70_sare_adult.cf        (SARE_ADULT)
> MK> 70_sare_evilnum0.cf       (SARE_EVILNUMBERS0)
> MK> 70_sare_evilnum1.cf     (SARE_EVILNUMBERS1)
> MK> 70_sare_genlsubj0.cf      (SARE_GENLSUBJ0)
> MK> 70_sare_obfu0.cf  (SARE_OBFU0)
> MK> 70_sare_random.cf         (SARE_RANDOM)
> MK> 70_sare_specific.cf       (SARE_SPECIFIC)
> MK> 70_sare_uri0.cf           (SARE_URI0)
> MK> 99_sare_fraud_post25x.cf (SARE_FRAUD)
>
> In addition, I suggest 70_sare_html0.cf -- all the 70_sare_*0.cf rules
> files that I maintain are the ones which during SARE mass-checks hit
> no ham, and hit significant (by our classification) spam.
>
> Read the documentation in those *0.cf files, and you'll be able to
> determine for yourself whether to also use the *1.cf files. If you're
> tight on resources, stay away from 70_sare_obfu1.cf, though it is a
> very powerful file and useful to many systems.
>
> Bob Menschel
>
>
>

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