SURBL using with spam assassin?

[mw...@sola.com.au]

Hi All,
Has anybody tried using this new surbl with spamassassin yet?     Sounds
much more interesting than just a normal dnsbl...      When will
spamassassin support it out of the 'box'.  ;)

Ta
Matthew

Re: SURBL using with spam assassin?

[Matt Yackley <sa...@yackley.org>]

mwestern@sola.com.au said:
> Hi All,
> Has anybody tried using this new surbl with spamassassin yet?     Sounds
> much more interesting than just a normal dnsbl...      When will
> spamassassin support it out of the 'box'.  ;)
>
> Ta
> Matthew
>

Hi Matthew,
It works great for me, I'm running the sc, be and ws lists.  At least one of those
tests are hitting about 50% of all spam.

I believe SURBL should be available as a plugin to SA 3.0 when it comes out.

Cheers,
Matt

Re: SURBL using with spam assassin?

[Matt Kettler <mk...@comcast.net>]

At 08:47 AM 5/25/04 +0930, mwestern@sola.com.au wrote:
>Hi All,
>Has anybody tried using this new surbl with spamassassin yet?

Yes, I use it, it works great.  Several other users have posted similar 
praise, check the archives.

I went from about 2.0 - 3.0% FN rate to about 1.0 - 0.5% FN rate on my spam 
when I installed SURBL. (I use all three lists, but be.surbl.org is being 
merged into ws.surbl.org as we speak).


>   Soundsmuch more interesting than just a normal dnsbl...

Yes, it is.. IMO it's not really a replacement for DNSBLs however, it's a 
complimentary technology.

>   When will spamassassin support it out of the 'box'.  ;)

3.0, which is slated to be the next release.