SPF_FAIL = 0.00 score

[Simon Buchanan]

Many thanks Peter. 

> On 24/09/2015, at 10:59 PM, Peter H. Lemieux <mailscanner at replies.cyways.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the SpamAssassin default for SPF_FAIL is zero because of the possibility for false positives.  That's the value given in /usr/share/spamassassin/50_scores.cf.  I increased the score for both SPF_FAIL and SPF_HELO_FAIL to 2.0 by adding a custom rule to a file in /etc/mail/spamassassin where all my local rules reside.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> On 9/23/2015 9:51 PM, Simon wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> We just noticed that we have had some mail come in using the domain from
>> a local bank... but a SA report shows that SPF_FAIL = 0.00.
>> 
>> Any idea where to begin looking into why a SPF fail would not add to the
>> SPAM score?
>> 
>> Many thanks!i
>> 
>> Note: Latest mailscanner running on Centos 6.7 with postfix.
>> 
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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