Big increase in spam

traced traced at xpear.de
Fri Nov 28 18:57:18 GMT 2008


Hi,

I gave BAYES_50 a higher default value, 3 or so. Also changed
the other BAYES_XX values. Bayes 99 gives 10. Never hab
problems with this settings!

Regards,
Basti

Arthur Stephens schrieb:
> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
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>> Arthur Stephens wrote:
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>>> Is it just me or did spammers figure out a away to get around mail scanner.
>>> I used not get any spam at all. But now so far today I have received 20
>>> to 30 so far.
>>> So I upgraded MailScanner - double checked config settings but they
>>> still keep coming.
>>>     
>>
>> Well. What are the SA scores for those messages?
>>
>> My guess: Your SA database has been poluted so your SA score will stick
>> around 50% and without other matches in SA that is usually not enough to
>> be stopped.
>>
>> Hugo.
>>
>> - --
>> hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org               http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/
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>> 	A: Yes.
>> 	>Q: Are you sure?
>> 	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>> 	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
>>
>> Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images.
>>
>> Nid wyf yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch unrhyw waith i'w gyfieithu.
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> Here are a few from the message source... I have 190 of them this morning.
> 
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
>     score=1.286, required 6, BAYES_50 0.00, HTML_90_100 0.11,
>     HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_02 0.46, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
>     MPART_ALT_DIFF_COUNT 0.71)
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamScore: s
> 
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
>     score=3.004, required 6, BAYES_50 0.00, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
>     MIME_HTML_MOSTLY 1.10, SUBJ_LIFE_INSURANCE 1.90)
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamScore: sss
> 
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
>     score=3.27, required 6, BAYES_50 0.00, HTML_90_100 0.11,
>     HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_02 0.46, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00,
>     REMOVE_BEFORE_LINK 2.69)
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamScore: sss
> 
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
>     score=-1.777, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60,
>     HTML_90_100 0.11, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, MPART_ALT_DIFF_COUNT 0.71)
> 
> X-Ptera-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached,
>     score=-1.777, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60,
>     HTML_90_100 0.11, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, MPART_ALT_DIFF_COUNT 0.71)
> 
> -- 
> Arthur Stephens
> Senior Sales Technician
> Ptera Wireless Internet Service
> PO Box 135
> Liberty Lake, WA 99019
> 509-927-7837
> For technical support visit http://www.ptera.net/support
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