different scores?

[Kelsey Forsythe <fo...@chem.iupui.edu>]

I am running SpamAssassin version 3.0.1 running on Perl version 5.8.6
on an Xserve G5.
When I try to test the spamassassin execution using 'spamassassin -tD  
< [test message]'
I receive the following:

I type 'spamassassin -tD < 16146.'
and a bunch of debug results plus the end which looks like this:

Content analysis details:   (3.0 points, 6.0 required)

pts rule name              description
---- ----------------------  
--------------------------------------------------
0.2 EXTRA_MPART_TYPE       Header has extraneous Content- 
type:...type= entry
0.1 HTML_40_50             BODY: Message is 40% to 50% HTML
1.0 HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24     BODY: HTML: images with 2000-2400 bytes of  
words
0.0 HTML_MESSAGE           BODY: HTML included in message
1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL      RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP
                             [209.195.114.64 listed in  
combined.njabl.org]


But in original message the X-Spam-Status line shows

X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.825 tagged_above=-999 required=6  
tests=BAYES_00,
         HTML_40_50, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24, HTML_MESSAGE

So I'm wondering a couple of things:

1) Why are the scores different?  Clearly, different tests are being  
applied, but why?
2) Where and/or what is scoring the message before it appears in my  
mailbox on the server

Thanks in advance for any help,

Kelsey

Re: different scores?

[Matt Kettler <mk...@verizon.net>]

Kelsey Forsythe wrote:
> I am running SpamAssassin version 3.0.1 running on Perl version 5.8.6
> on an Xserve G5.
> When I try to test the spamassassin execution using 'spamassassin -tD
> < [test message]'
> I receive the following:
>
> I type 'spamassassin -tD < 16146.'
> and a bunch of debug results plus the end which looks like this:
>
> Content analysis details:   (3.0 points, 6.0 required)
>
> pts rule name              description
> ---- ----------------------
> --------------------------------------------------
> 0.2 EXTRA_MPART_TYPE       Header has extraneous Content-type:...type=
> entry
> 0.1 HTML_40_50             BODY: Message is 40% to 50% HTML
> 1.0 HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24     BODY: HTML: images with 2000-2400 bytes of
> words
> 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE           BODY: HTML included in message
> 1.7 RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL      RBL: NJABL: dialup sender did non-local SMTP
>                             [209.195.114.64 listed in combined.njabl.org]
>
>
> But in original message the X-Spam-Status line shows
>
> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.825 tagged_above=-999 required=6
> tests=BAYES_00,
>         HTML_40_50, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24, HTML_MESSAGE
>
> So I'm wondering a couple of things:
>
> 1) Why are the scores different?  Clearly, different tests are being
> applied, but why?
Well, it appears your original X-Spam-Status was run as a different
user, which resulted in a different bayes database being used.

It also appears it was run with network tests disabled.
> 2) Where and/or what is scoring the message before it appears in my
> mailbox on the server
>From looking at that X-Spam-Status, it was generated by amavis. SA
doesn't do the "tagged_above" thing.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
>
> Kelsey
>