Big increase in spam

Hugo van der Kooij hvdkooij at vanderkooij.org
Sat Nov 29 12:45:01 GMT 2008


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Arthur Stephens wrote:
> 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.

I suggest you retrain SA database by hand.

The time invested in this action is propably very much worth every
second of it.

I also found that these remarks on the bayesian database:
http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/downloads/Barracuda_Bayes.pdf

I can vounch for the ill efffects on accuracy if you overfeed the
bayesian database on those units. And have seen it happen in lesser
degrees on my MailScanner installations.

Hugo.

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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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