RE: Understanding the AWL (was Upgrade to 3.0.1 results in false positives)

[Aaron Grewell <AG...@uwb.edu>]

Nevermind.  I found it in the list archives. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Grewell 
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 3:03 PM
> To: Aaron Grewell; users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Understanding the AWL (was Upgrade to 3.0.1 results 
> in false positives)
> 
> Thanks to Mark Martinec on the amavisd-new list I've managed 
> to narrow this down to my comcast address being assigned 
> about 18 points by the AWL.  Now I just have to figure out 
> why.  I read the (not very expansive) POD docs on the AWL, 
> and it's clear that I don't really understand how it works.  
> Why doesn't it like my address?  Also, why does it like me so 
> much less under 3.0.1 than it did under 2.64?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Aaron Grewell [mailto:AGrewell@uwb.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:55 PM
> > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> > Subject: Upgrade to 3.0.1 results in false positives
> > 
> > I've been using SA 2.6x to block spam at our site for some 
> time.  With 
> > the release of 3.0.1 I decided to upgrade.
> > Unfortunately, once the upgrade was complete I found that my test 
> > e-mails were marked as spam.  I also received several false 
> positives 
> > from end-users as well.  I could understand some of the 
> FP's, but when 
> > a simple test mail (subject "test test" body "test test") is marked 
> > I'm in trouble.  The test I sent was from my Comcast account, and 
> > ended up with the following header:
> > 
> > X-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=17.8 tagged_above=2.0 required=3.0 
> tests=AWL,  
> > BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS, NO_REAL_NAME, 
> > RCVD_BY_IP,  RCVD_DOUBLE_IP_LOOSE, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO
> > 
> > I added up the scores for these rules, and they didn't seem 
> to add up 
> > to 17.anything.  I'm using a Postfix MTA setup with Amavisd-new to 
> > call SA, and the only thing that has changed is SA so I don't think 
> > this is due to Amavisd-new.  Why would a simple test mail from my 
> > Comcast account generate this?
> > 

RE: Understanding the AWL (was Upgrade to 3.0.1 results in false

[Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>]

At 06:10 PM 12/2/2004, Aaron Grewell wrote:
>Nevermind.  I found it in the list archives.

Excellent. I applaud you for being a user who is really willing to try to 
help themselves (along with other users who do the same)

Also, for future reference, the wiki on the spamassassin website can be a 
real treasure trove of information.