spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner

[Remco Barendse]

Stupid question maybe, but I see lots of messages about DCC. What is DCC
and where can I find it?

Is it similar to SpamAssassin and something that is installed on the side
to? What must be done to get it working?

(Probably this is something for a FAQ?)

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Desai, Jason wrote:

> I am not a spamassassin expert, but from what I can tell by looking at the
> list of tests it does (http://spamassassin.rediris.es/tests.html), many
> tests score lower with "net".  I assume that "net" means you do some sort of
> check over the internet, such as an RBL lookup or a DCC check.  So if you
> only do RBL lookups but not DCC, Razor2, or Pyzor, some tests will score
> even lower and may result in email not being tagged as spam.
>
> I was seeing a lot of spam get through until I installed DCC, Razor2, and
> Pyzor.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jason
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Kercher [mailto:mike at CAMAROSS.NET]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:31 PM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
> >
> >
> > I just installed DCC yesterday and am already seeing improved
> > results.  You
> > might give that a shot.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Ron E.
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:32 AM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> >
>


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