> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 March 2007 01:16 > To: Caleb Cushing > Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: blacklist by default > > Caleb Cushing wrote: > > Is it possible to configure spamassassin 3.x to consider > all mail spam > > unless it has been whitelisted? > I've never tried it, but you could try setting required_hits to -10.0. > > That said, spamassassin is a *MASSIVE* overkill for such a > simple system. A bit like cutting bread with a sawzall. > We find it much more productive to have our MTA (Exim) check whether the incoming email address is valid and reject invalid ones at the RCPT stage. Then you don't need to pass them to SpamAssassin at all.
Further details on request---there have been other similar threads as well. Jon