High Load

[Ugo Bellavance]

Ken Anderson (Pacific Internet) wrote:
> Peter Bonivart wrote:
>
>> Ken Anderson (Pacific Internet) wrote:
>>
>>> Alternately, I wonder if MailScanner could do a preliminary check on a
>>> good rbl or two and bypass SA and take action (quarantine,notify) if the
>>> message is found in the rbl? A sort of 'MailScanner-Lite' ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this something like that?
>>
>> # If the message sender is on any of the Spam Lists, do you still want
>> # to do the SpamAssassin checks? Setting this to "no" will reduce the
>> load
>> # on your server, but will stop the High Scoring Spam Actions from ever
>> # happening.
>> # This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>> Check SpamAssassin If On Spam List = yes
>
>
> I'd looked at this before and thought... why would I want to "keep the
> high scoring spam action from ever happening?"
>
> I hadn't considered that if I set the "Spam Lists To Reach High Score"
> to a low value and use a reliable rbl, I'd still get the high score
> action and could skip SA checks on a lot of mail. Is my understanding of
> this correct, or does setting "Check SpamAssassin If On Spam List = no"
> mean you _really can't_ have the high score action?

False,
# If a message appears in at least this number of "Spam Lists" (as defined
# above), then the message will be treated as "High Scoring Spam" and so
# the "High Scoring Spam Actions" will happen. You probably want to set
# this to 2 if you are actually using this feature. 5 is high enough that
# it will never happen unless you use lots of "Spam Lists".
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
Spam Lists To Reach High Score = 3


>
> Thanks,
> Ken A.
>
>> --
>> /Peter Bonivart
>>
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>>
>> Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, Sendmail 8.12.10, MailScanner 4.29.7,
>> SpamAssassin 2.63 + DCC 1.2.39, ClamAV 0.70 + GMP 4.1.2, Vispan 1.3
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