Low spam detection

[Alex Broens]

On 4/2/2009 3:16 PM, Denis Beauchemin wrote:
> Alex Broens a écrit :
>> On 4/1/2009 10:13 PM, Denis Beauchemin wrote:
>>
>>> I've seen more phishing/Nigerian scams slipping through lately and it 
>>> is starting to annoy other people as well. I don't have the real 
>>> picture for the progression of undetected spam but my gut feeling 
>>> tells me it has worsened lately.
>>
>> Are you using the SOUGH and SOUGH_FRAUD rules`?
>>
>> also, the iXhash plugin does well against 419s - definitely worth a try.
>>
>>> I guess I should ask for a trial for BarricadeMX. That would be the 
>>> best way to see if it would improve that perception.
>>
>> I doubt that BMX will help against the Nigerians. I think its strength 
>> is in preventing bot floods, but there's few tricks against 419s 
>> except hashing and content rules.
>>
>> Alex
> 
> Alex,
> 
> I just implemented both.  Will see how it goes.  What score did you give 
> to iXhash?

Can't really suggest a score.

I assume the default are ok, and if you see you can trust them raise (or 
  decrease?) - depends on your FP rate and trust.

Alex