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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Yves Goergen <no...@unclassified.de> on 2016/10/07 16:24:27 UTC
FROM_WORDY rule is a false-positive
Hello,
I received a message from a friend today and it was rated this, among
others:
> 2.5 FROM_WORDY From address looks like a sentence
I have no idea what the author of this rule considers a sentence, but
that line looks like it always looked, with the well-known legitimate
address (some letters replaced with "x" for privacy):
> From: "Fam.Hxxxxxr@t-onxxxe.de" <Fa...@t-onxxxe.de>
Does this need fixing?
Yves
Re: FROM_WORDY rule is a false-positive
Posted by John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org>.
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Yves Goergen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I received a message from a friend today and it was rated this, among others:
>
>> 2.5 FROM_WORDY From address looks like a sentence
>
> I have no idea what the author of this rule considers a sentence, but that
> line looks like it always looked, with the well-known legitimate address
> (some letters replaced with "x" for privacy):
>
>> From: "Fam.Hxxxxxr@t-onxxxe.de" <Fa...@t-onxxxe.de>
>
> Does this need fixing?
It's been tuned recently. A two-"word" address like that should only hit
if there are other spammy characteristics to the message as well.
What's the complete list of rules that hit?
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Re: FROM_WORDY rule is a false-positive
Posted by Antony Stone <An...@spamassassin.open.source.it>.
On Friday 07 October 2016 at 18:24:27, Yves Goergen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I received a message from a friend today and it was rated this, among
> others:
> > 2.5 FROM_WORDY From address looks like a sentence
>
> I have no idea what the author of this rule considers a sentence, but
> that line looks like it always looked, with the well-known legitimate
>
> address (some letters replaced with "x" for privacy):
> > From: "Fam.Hxxxxxr@t-onxxxe.de" <Fa...@t-onxxxe.de>
>
> Does this need fixing?
Yes (in my opinion, at least).
Apparently that rule is firing when the sender writes their email address using
capital letters for their name.
In my opinion that is simply penalising good grammar.
Antony.
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