[Mimedefang] MIMEDefang scores spam lower than Spamassassin

[Jason Granat]

Hi again,


I am a bit confused. I know about the original local.cf I used with SA, 
then MD put in sa-mimedefang.cf. Do they work together or should
I move all my rules to sa-mimedefang.cf?

Thanks,

Jason

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jason Granat" <jason at akota.com <mailto:jason at akota.com>>
>To: <mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com <mailto:mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com>>
>Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:42 PM
>Subject: [Mimedefang] MIMEDefang scores spam lower than Spamassassin
>
>
>> I got MIMEDefang up and running and it's redirecting spam to a spam 
>> mailbox, however, some spam still gets delivered to end users.  These 
>> have a spamassassinreport.txt attached.  The score in the report is 
>> always above the score set (I am using the default of 5) and obviously 
>> they are getting tagged as spam but they still go to the original 
>> recipient.  I have found that these same emails always get a low score 
>> from MIMEDefang.  How do I adjust which score to use?  The Spamassassin 
>> scores are always a better fit.
>
>The default MIMEDefang configuration turns OFF all of the SpamAssassin
>"network" tests.  This means that RBL's, Razor, DCC, Pyzor et al are not
>being checked.  MIMEDefang processes messages much more quickly as a
>result, but more spam gets through.
>
>To learn how to turn on DNS tests, read the FAQ and man pages and look
>for SALocalTestsOnly.
>
>Chris Myers
>Networks By Design
>
>
>