Make sure im doing this right

[Jeff Earickson]

I too run the same config (except that I use spamcop as an MTA block,
not in MS; I use ORDB-RBL CBL SBL+XBL in the MS spam list).  I
use scores of 5 (deliver) and 10 (delete).  I would be leery of lowering
the high score much lower than 10; I'm probably living dangerously
tossing email above 10.  My two cents.

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Matt Kaminer wrote:

> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:05:26 -0500
> From: Matt Kaminer <matt at kaminer.com>
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Make sure im doing this right
>
> Our Mailscanner / SpamAssassin / Bayes / Big Evil List / ChickenPox /
> SpamCop.Net setup has been doing so well I have never gotten a false
> positve (although I get false negatives every so often).
>
> We have the Spam score set to 6 and high scoring spam set to 10.  We
> deliver spam and delete high scoring spam.
>
> Ive been thinking about lowering the high scoring spam to 8 and lowering
> spam to 5.  Lowering the spam level to 5 would basically wipe out all my
> false negatives.
>
> My question is this:  What is the "normal" settings.  Is 5 and 8 for high
> scoring spam too low?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>