false positives on rule "FM_RATSIGN_1106" and what to do?

Alex Broens ms-list at alexb.ch
Tue May 29 21:51:41 IST 2007


On 5/29/2007 9:30 PM, Chris Yuzik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Suddenly, I'm seeing quite a number of false positives on the rule 
> "FM_RATSIGN_1106" that gets a whopping 3.8 points. I've tried to figure 
> out what exactly it's hitting on, but the only thing I found was:
> 
>    ##{ FM_RATSIGN_1106
>    meta     FM_RATSIGN_1106    (__MSGID_VGA && __DATE_700)
>    describe FM_RATSIGN_1106    Fingerprint seen in lots of spam. 11/2006
>    ##} FM_RATSIGN_1106
> 
> I think I need to set this rule down to 0.01 for now, or does someone 
> have a better suggestion?
> 

This is very strange

http://ruleqa.spamassassin.org/ shows a score of 0.77
Why not submit as a "buglet"?

Alex




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