Negative SA score reported in subject line

Martin Hepworth maxsec at gmail.com
Tue May 25 17:02:20 IST 2010


I find most people do the RBL's either at the front end and smtp reject, or
withing SA so they add to the score. With MS you can use multiple RBL's and
one trigger spam if more than X agree (where X >=1, default value is 1).



On 25 May 2010 16:46, Dave Filchak <submit at zuka.net> wrote:

>  Sorry ... did I miss something? I am not supposed to refer/use RBL
> directly in MailScanner?
>
>
> On 22/07/64 2:59 PM, Martin Hepworth wrote:
>
> Check that you're not using RBL's directly in MailScanner. That will
> trigger it as 'spam' and therefore tag the subject etc.
>
> Martin
>
> On 24 May 2010 23:02, Martin Vlach <martin at vlach.us> wrote:
>
>> I have the following configuration set for MailScanner 4.78.17-1:
>>
>> Required SpamAssassin Score     4
>> High SpamAssassin Score         8
>> Spam Modify Subject             start
>> Spam Subject Text                       {Spam _SCORE_}
>>
>> The problem:
>> negative scores are reported to users in their Subject Line. They see
>> scores
>> -1 through -4.
>>
>> I am fine with the scores themselves; the problem is that they are
>> reported.
>> I assume that any scores below 4 should not modify the subject line.
>>
>> I've searched many places (google, faqs, documentation), but can't find
>> anything.
>> I would like suggestions on the best approach to fix this problem for our
>> users.
>>
>> Thx, Martin
>>
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