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[Spamassassin Wiki] Trivial Update of "AutoWhitelist" by Darxus

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The "AutoWhitelist" page has been changed by Darxus.
The comment on this change is: Added missing word.
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AutoWhitelist?action=diff&rev1=31&rev2=32

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  == Introduction ==
  
- Tracks scores from messages previously received and adjusts the message score, either by boosting messages from senders who send ham or penalizing senders who have sent spam previously. This not only treats some senders as if they were whitelisted but also treats spammers as if they were blacklisted. Each message from a particular sender adjusts the historical total score which can change them from a spammer if they non-spam messages. Senders who are considered non-spammers can become treated as spammers if they send messages which appear to be spam.
+ Tracks scores from messages previously received and adjusts the message score, either by boosting messages from senders who send ham or penalizing senders who have sent spam previously. This not only treats some senders as if they were whitelisted but also treats spammers as if they were blacklisted. Each message from a particular sender adjusts the historical total score which can change them from a spammer if they send non-spam messages. Senders who are considered non-spammers can become treated as spammers if they send messages which appear to be spam.
  
  A sender is identified using both their address and the most significant 2 octats of their IP address
   (ex: mailer-daemon   @club-internet.fr 194.158) This is intended to penalize spam claiming to be From you with forged headers.