From: "Charles Gregory" <cgreg...@hwcn.org>
Sent: Friday, 2009/December/18 13:46
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, jdow wrote:
I suppose it's not a whole lot of bother to change the 3.2 scores. But,
people who feel they have been bitten with a HABEAS score have probably
already overridden them.
Again, I make a note that my concern is for the thousands who install a
'pre-canned' Spamassassin install, with a wrapper to handle what happens
to the messages, etc, etc. If you feel a slight chill at the notion of
people operating mail servers with so little knowledge, I'm right there
with you, but I *was* one of these people a few years ago. Stumbling and
learning. Trial by fire. Fun way to learn. :)
So the more that can be 'standardized' without jeopardizing flexibility,
the better things can be.... :)
If you like you can transparently disable the DNSWLs.
Is he smart enough to do so?
With out regard for who 'he' is, it is certain that *someone* out there is
not that 'smart', and follows the 'recommendations' provided by their
hosting provider for a 'standard' mail server setup. They will just want
it to 'work' without any maintenance at all.
And just to beat out the next inevitable argument, no, these people are
not 'lazy'. They just literally don't know what they are doing. If someone
doesn't pre-build the system properly, they end up running open relays.
Yes, THOSE people..... :(
Once 3.3 is out the problem is solved if they have a distro that reviews
and updates the packages it distributes. (Yes, that IS a big if, as with
regards to Fedora and ClamAV. {^_-}) If SpamAssassin is not updated what
makes you think the distro would have the automatic updates for the rules
enabled? I just don't see SpamAssassin as a suitable tool for a person
who is a perfectionist and not a tinkerer. (No tool is suitable for
such a person, for that matter.)
Updating 3.2 is probably not as important as getting 3.3 out. And given
the few number of complaints updating 3.2 is likely quite the opposite
of critical. Look how long it's been out before it took a nutcase to
start complaining leading to the discovery of this alleged problem.
(Even the respected Lukreme has not stated outright that the item for
which he showed scores was really confirmed spam as opposed to a
disgruntled user trying to get off a mailing list and not willing to
follow simple instructions for doing so.)
{o.o}
