spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner

[Mike Kercher]

I use multiple RBL's on all of my servers.  In the rare event that a legitimate
email is blocked, the affected sender may contact the intended recipient who
then contacts me for help.  At that point, I try to educate the sender AND their
email admin of the problems on their end.  I usually give them two weeks before
I remove their entry from my access file.  If enough users lean on their email
admins to fix their holes and get off the RBL's, maybe there will be a few less
spams in the world.

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list 
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Ron E.
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:23 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 May 2003, Gerry Doris wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 8 May 2003, Ron E. wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > Just wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions for 
> > > improving/tweaking SpamAssassin (2.53) settings -- I am running 
> > > MailScanner & SpamAssassin 2.53 but still getting a fair 
> amount of 
> > > spam not over the default score of 5, or sometimes even with a 
> > > negative score.
> > >
> > > I'm running a pretty busy system that handles about 
> 15-20k messages 
> > > per day.
> > >
> > > I have tried lowering the score threshold but of course 
> then I get 
> > > more false positives. I've seen mention that SpamAssassin 2.60 is 
> > > much improved but I hesitate to use it at this point.
> > >
> > > One idea I had was enabling Vipul's Razor, but I've never 
> used it. 
> > > Any input would be of interest.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > -Ron
> >
> > I'd install razor and dcc.  They're both trival to install and 
> > spamassassin uses them automagically if they're available.  
> They can 
> > give a large hit to spam (I've seen 1-3 points each) which 
> can really 
> > separate the spam and ham!  I also haven't noticed any 
> false positives 
> > from these services.
> >
> > --
> > Gerry
> >
> > "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne"  Chaucer
> >
> 
> That sounds pretty good, Gerry -- I just have one question - 
> is there any risk with either one of these of rejecting 
> legitimate mail?
> 
> That is one reason why I don't have the various RBLs enabled....
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Ron
>