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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Brian Godette <bg...@idcomm.com> on 2005/05/13 18:03:27 UTC
Looks like we have someone doing auto-spam-reports on this list.
darknite-spamassassin@gigatrex.com appears to be not only running this mailing
list thru spamassassin (bad idea) but also auto-reporting any positive hits
(incredibly bad idea).
Re: Looks like we have someone doing auto-spam-reports on this list.
Posted by "Daryl C. W. O'Shea" <sp...@dostech.ca>.
Matt Kettler wrote:
> Brian Godette wrote:
>
>
>>darknite-spamassassin@gigatrex.com appears to be not only running this mailing
>>list thru spamassassin (bad idea) but also auto-reporting any positive hits
>>(incredibly bad idea).
>>
> Agreed... SA ditched the "auto_report_threshold" feature back in 2.30
> back in 2002. If it was a bad idea 3 years ago, it's still a bad idea
> today.
>
> Unfortunately, being a bad idea does not guarantee that some well
> meaning but not clearly thinking admin isn't going to dawn on the
> "brilliant" idea of doing this and implement it thinking he/she is going
> to help save the world from spam.
>
> (trivia: auto_report_threshold is still mentioned in the sql/README and
> ldap/README of SA 3.0.3. A leftover from the pre 2.30 days that still
> persists. )
It's gone now, thanks Matt.
Daryl
Re: Looks like we have someone doing auto-spam-reports on this list.
Posted by Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>.
Brian Godette wrote:
>darknite-spamassassin@gigatrex.com appears to be not only running this mailing
>list thru spamassassin (bad idea) but also auto-reporting any positive hits
>(incredibly bad idea).
>
>
>
Agreed... SA ditched the "auto_report_threshold" feature back in 2.30
back in 2002. If it was a bad idea 3 years ago, it's still a bad idea
today.
Unfortunately, being a bad idea does not guarantee that some well
meaning but not clearly thinking admin isn't going to dawn on the
"brilliant" idea of doing this and implement it thinking he/she is going
to help save the world from spam.
(trivia: auto_report_threshold is still mentioned in the sql/README and
ldap/README of SA 3.0.3. A leftover from the pre 2.30 days that still
persists. )