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Posted to dev@spamassassin.apache.org by John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org> on 2013/10/21 23:09:41 UTC

Re: RP_MATCHES_RCVD

On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

> Giving this rule positive value would uselessly add score to correct mail,
> but any negative score increases possibility of false negative.
>
> I don't think this should have any score, imho __RP_MATCHES_RCVD for meta
> rules is just enough. It can be T_ rule if anyone wants, imho.

Any strong opinions on dropping RP_MATCHES_RCVD in favor of a subrule?

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Re: RP_MATCHES_RCVD

Posted by John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org>.
On Wed, 23 Oct 2013, Karsten Bräckelmann wrote:

> On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 14:09 -0700, John Hardin wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>>
>>> Giving this rule positive value would uselessly add score to correct mail,
>>> but any negative score increases possibility of false negative.
>>>
>>> I don't think this should have any score, imho __RP_MATCHES_RCVD for meta
>>> rules is just enough. It can be T_ rule if anyone wants, imho.
>>
>> Any strong opinions on dropping RP_MATCHES_RCVD in favor of a subrule?
>
> +1  Go for it.

If nobody objects by Friday I'll pull it out.

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Re: RP_MATCHES_RCVD

Posted by Karsten Bräckelmann <gu...@rudersport.de>.
On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 14:09 -0700, John Hardin wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> 
> > Giving this rule positive value would uselessly add score to correct mail,
> > but any negative score increases possibility of false negative.
> >
> > I don't think this should have any score, imho __RP_MATCHES_RCVD for meta
> > rules is just enough. It can be T_ rule if anyone wants, imho.
> 
> Any strong opinions on dropping RP_MATCHES_RCVD in favor of a subrule?

+1  Go for it.

There've been repeated complaints (read: reports) about that rule and
its negative score the last few weeks on lists.

Kind of ironic that RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.8 counters neutral BAYES_50 +0.8.


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