Questions about spam assasin tests (not in the FAQ)

[David GAUDRE <dg...@24h00.fr>]

Dear Dev team,
 
First topic, a short one, thanks for your wonderful job. 
 
The main activity of the company I'm working for is to send commercial e-mails (with opt-ins, off course). 
We are obviously searching to reduce spam score by following strict rules.
 
Spam Assassin is set on servers we use to send emails. 
 
When I check email headers, I often see several tests performed by Spam Assassin which are not in the test description apges on your website (whatever the version).
 
Some of these tests are named as: 
 
AB_KW_BODY_PROMOTION=1.5, 
AB_KW_BODY__LUXE_=1.5,
AB_BODY_LONG_LINE_75=1,
AB_SUBJECT_IMPERATIV=1.5,
 
Is this possible these tests are simply customized ones by the email server admin? If not, where can I find a description of these tests ?
 
I've tried to find everywhere on the web descriptions of these tests but I've found nothing. If you have some spare time to help.. :-)
It will be greatly appreciated!
 
Thanks.
 
 
Cordialement,
 
David Gaudré
Responsable Technique E-mailing
Tél :  01.53.01.53.40
 
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Re: Questions about spam assasin tests (not in the FAQ)

[Daniel Lemke <le...@jam-software.com>]

David GAUDRE wrote:
> 
> When I check email headers, I often see several tests performed by Spam
> Assassin which are not in the test description apges on your website
> (whatever the version).
>  
> Some of these tests are named as: 
>  
> AB_KW_BODY_PROMOTION=1.5, 
> AB_KW_BODY__LUXE_=1.5,
> AB_BODY_LONG_LINE_75=1,
> AB_SUBJECT_IMPERATIV=1.5,
>  
> Is this possible these tests are simply customized ones by the email
> server admin? If not, where can I find a description of these tests ?
> 

Users mailing list would be more convenient for such a topic but anway:

The rules you mentioned aren't part of default update channel or any
recommended update channel so it's most likely some sort of custom rule, I
guess. Have a look at your configuration files to figure this out.

The Wiki is more precise about this:
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/WritingRules
There you'll find additional information about where to find rules, their
description and how they are triggered.

Daniel
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