Mail not considered SPAM

[Fiorangelo Peluso <fi...@gatelab.com>]

Hi everybody.

I would like to understand why a mail is not filtered as spam (it's
delivered although spam hits value is above the required limit!)

The log says:

Jan 21 11:38:20 localhost.mydomain.com amavisd[3281]: (03281-09) Checking:
<se...@domain.org> -> <re...@mydomain.com>
Jan 21 11:38:21 localhost.mydomain.com amavisd[3281]: (03281-09) spam_scan:
hits=5.061 tests=EXCUSE_1,EXCUSE_3,EXCUSE_REMOVE,MSGID_FROM_MTA_SHORT
Jan 21 11:38:21 localhost.mydomain.com amavisd[3281]: (03281-09) SPAM-TAG,
<se...@domain.org> -> <re...@mydomain.com>, <re...@mydomain.com>,
No, hits=5.1 tagged_above=3.0 required=6.3 tests=EXCUSE_1, EXCUSE_3,
EXCUSE_REMOVE, MSGID_FROM_MTA_SHORT
Jan 21 11:38:21 localhost.mydomain.com amavisd[3281]: (03281-09) FWD via
SMTP: [127.0.0.1]:10025 <se...@domain.org> -> <re...@mydomain.com>,
<re...@mydomain.com>
Jan 21 11:38:21 localhost.mydomain.com amavisd[3281]: (03281-09) Passed,
<se...@domain.org> -> <re...@mydomain.com>, <re...@mydomain.com>,
Message-ID: <xxx>, Hits: 5.061

In SpamAssassin local.cf file the option "required hits" is set to 5

Part of local.cf file:

required_hits           5.0
rewrite_subject         1
subject_tag             **(Suspected SPAM)**
report_safe             1
use_terse_report        0
use_bayes               1
auto_learn              1

Thanks in advance..

Bye

Re: Mail not considered SPAM

[Bob Apthorpe <ap...@cynistar.net>]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:10:21 +0100 "Fiorangelo Peluso" <fi...@gatelab.com> wrote:

> Hi everybody.
> 
> I would like to understand why a mail is not filtered as spam (it's
> delivered although spam hits value is above the required limit!)

Note the "required=6.3" in the following log entry. My guess is the
problem is with amavisd configuration, not with SA:

> Jan 21 11:38:21 localhost.mydomain.com amavisd[3281]: (03281-09) SPAM-TAG,
> <se...@domain.org> -> <re...@mydomain.com>, <re...@mydomain.com>,
> No, hits=5.1 tagged_above=3.0 required=6.3 tests=EXCUSE_1, EXCUSE_3,
> EXCUSE_REMOVE, MSGID_FROM_MTA_SHORT

hth,

-- Bob