Geoff Soper wrote:
OK, I'm slightly confused as to what the advice is here. Is there
consensus on SAREs? Should I still use them (via the channel list
described at http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SareChannels ) or is it
better not to use them? I get the impression that there is consensus on
the OpenProtect channel being a bad thing.
I'll certainly add sought.rules.yerp.org and
90_2tld.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net to updates.spamassassin.org as
suggested by Jason.
I don't believe the general consensus is that SARE rules are *bad*, they
are just outdated or already incorporated, and may cause unnecessary
additional overhead or false positives. Your best bet is to look at the
rule list [1], note the last modified date, and see if any of them might
still apply to your spam. You can always add rules, adjust the scores,
and see what happens but I think most people don't use them anymore.
[1] http://rulesemporium.com/rules/?C=M;O=A
