watermarking rules...

[Martin.Hepworth]

Jules

Looking at the settings you can indeed set a score to add to SA score

# If the message has an invalid watermark and no sender address, then it
# is a delivery error (DSN) for a message which didn't come from us.
# Delivery errors have no sender address.
# So we probably want to treat it as spam, or high-scoring spam.
# This option can take one of 4 values:
#         "spam",
#         "high-scoring spam",
#         "nothing" or
#         a number greater than 0.
# If it is set to a number, then that is added to the message's spam score
# and it's spam status is updated accordingly.
# If you set it to "nothing" then there probably isn't much
# point in checking watermarks at all. But it could still be useful in
# rulesets and Custom Functions.
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
Treat Invalid Watermarks With No Sender as Spam = high-scoring spam



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Martin Hepworth
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Solid State Logic
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> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: 21 April 2008 15:46
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: watermarking rules...
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> Leland J. Steinke wrote:
> > Julian Field wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Leland J. Steinke wrote:
> >>> Julian Field wrote:
> >>>> But Joe-Job bounces should have no sender, shouldn't they? In which
> >>>> case the setting "Treat Invalid Watermarks With No Sender as Spam"
> >>>> is the one you want to set.
> >>>
> >>> Is there an option to set the X-blah-SpamScore: header to a specific
> >>> number of "Spam Score Characters"?  I looked at our 4.66.5 install
> >>> and recent change logs, but saw nothing.
> >> But the whole point is that header gives you the spam score in a form
> >> you can easily manage with mail filters such as sieve and whatever
> >> client you use.
> >
> > Yes.  I just realized that my original question was not as complete as
> > I thought.
> >
> > If the "Treat Invalid Watermarks With No Sender as Spam" and "Check
> > Watermarks To Skip Spam Checks" settings are yes, is there an option
> > to set the X-SpamScore to a specific minimum value, similar to the
> > function of the "Minimum Stars If On Spam List"?  As of now, the only
> > header that is added is "X-blah-SpamCheck: spam(no watermark or sender
> > address)", which is not as easily parsable by procmail, maildrop, or
> > sieve as a string of "s" characters.
> >
> > We are running version 4.66.5.
> You are absolutely correct. There is currently no setting for this. I
> guess I could write one.
> How many other people would find it useful too?
>
> Jules
>
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