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[Spamassassin Wiki] Update of "AutoWhitelist" by JDR
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http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AutoWhitelist
The comment on the change is:
Error in naming of SpamAssassin feature, caution w/explaination added.
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Not with the auto-whitelist! The auto-whitelist is an averaging system. Instead, you want to use the manual whitelist. See ManualWhitelist.
+ == CAUTION: AutoWhitelists Work Differently for Most Other Products ==
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+ Most other products use an '''AutoWhitelist''' as ''automation'' of a ''manual whitelist'', which is created and/or maintained by monitoring outgoing email to '''add entries to a whitelist''' without a need for human intervention.
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+ In essence, rather than adjusting a ''sender's average score'', as in '''SpamAssassin''', most other products literally ''automate'' the addition of names to the manual whitelist.
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+ Because '''autowhitelist-ing''' is an industry standard term for automation of a '''whitelist''', this feature in SpamAssassin should be re-named to better align with what it actual does, such as maybe '''''AutoReScore'''''?
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+ In essence, be aware the term ''AutoWhitelist'' means something else on most (if not all) other anti-spam products.
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