Errors in 4.51.5 'spam.assassin.prefs.conf'?

Quentin Campbell Q.G.Campbell at newcastle.ac.uk
Thu Mar 9 11:26:28 GMT 2006


It appears that the list of RBL sites in 'spam.assassin.prefs.conf'
(4.51.5) is both incorrect and incomplete as the corresponding entries
have different labels in the /usr/share/spamassassin/*.cf files.

The file 'spam.assassin.prefs.conf' says:

#score RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET    4
# These next 3 will cost you money, see mailscanner.conf.
#score RCVD_IN_RBL               10
#score RCVD_IN_RSS               1
#score RCVD_IN_DUL               1

It should probably say:

#score RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET    4
# These next 3 will cost you money, see mailscanner.conf.
#score RCVD_IN_MAPS_RBL          10
#score RCVD_IN_MAPS_DUL          1
#score RCVD_IN_MAPS_RSS          1
#score RCVD_IN_MAPS_NML          1 (?)

Have I missed something?

I also have a related question: If I have SpamAssassin run RBL checks
but set certain RBL rule scores to '0', does this disable those
particular RBL checks so they are not carried out?

In my case I use MAPS+ and Spamhaus SBL-XBL in Sendmail so have disabled
these and all other RBL checks in MailScanner. I want SpamAssassin to
use all the RBL rules it has _except_ the MAPS and Spamhaus ones. 

 
Quentin
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