[Mimedefang] DNS Lookups in MD - Was RBL and DNS lookups

[Jeff Rife]

On 15 May 2007 at 18:04, Kevin A. McGrail wrote:

> > No, that's exactly how SA is designed.  No one rule can ever mark a
> > message as spam (using the default scores).  And, if a lot of rules
> > hit, your confidence level goes way up about it being spam.
> 
> As a SA PMC member, this is a misleading statement.
> 
> Some of the similar network tests including SPF and DKIM/Domain Keys do mark 
> extreme scores beyond the default threshold.  See rules/50_scores.cf.

There is *no* single rule in SA 3.1.7 through 3.2.0 that scores 5 
points or more positive (i.e., that can mark an e-mail as spam by 
itself) in the default configuration other than GTUBE and the 
"blacklist" rules, and the blacklists are empty in the default config.

Perhaps you should check things a bit more carefully before you start 
stating things as if they are official policy of the SpamAssassin 
Project Management Committee.


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