From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-04-16T05:41:33+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] spam filter Was: Re: Urgent Assistance

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 03:43:11AM +0900, wtanksleyjr@cox.net wrote:
> From: "Shannon Fang" <xrfang@hotmail.com>
> 
> >I believe the ruby-talk group is already 
> >filtered by SpamAssassin.
> 
> Unlikely, considering all the spams that get through
> and all the messages saying that the list is 
> unfiltered.

No, it certainly is filtered. Look at the headers of the spams which get
through: for example the most recent one had

X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=5.0 tests=INVALID_DATE_NO_TZ,DEAR_SOMEBODY,SUPERLONG_LINE,RCVD_IN_ORBZ version=2.20
X-Spam-Level: ***

This explains why so _little_ spam hits this list, given it is gatewayed to
Usenet.

If you think the threshold of 5.0 is too low, you can easily filter yourself
on the headers provided (e.g. on "X-Spam-Level: **" for a threshold of 2 or
more)

As I've said before, the signal to spam level on this list is pretty good,
and I would not like to see messages thrown out because of a trigger-happy
spam filter.

Regards,

Brian.