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Re: ISPs Wrongly Block 1 in 8 Messages for Spam |
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Sean Brunnock <brunnock @
server .
com> |
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Fri, 01 Nov 2002 06:53:03 -0500 |
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<Message from Sean Brunnock <brunnock@server.com><5.0.2.1.2.20021031063759.01d2e6e0@mail.earthlink.net><JCEAKIGPHKDGFFDLONKFIEJHHGAA.rich@ChristianityToday.com><JCEAKIGPHKDGFFDLONKFCEDNHGAA.rich@ChristianityToday.com><5.0.2.1.2.20021031063759.01d2e6e0@mail.earthlink.net> |
At 05:13 AM 11/1/02, J C Lawrence wrote:
>On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 06:57:14 -0500
>Sean Brunnock <brunnock@server.com> wrote:
>> People love and praise SpamAssassin, but I think it just arbitrarily
>> blocks all bulk mail.
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>No, it blocks on the basis of cumulative score, with scores assigned by
>matching recipes. Of course that means that its only as good and as
>accurate as the accuracy distribution of its recipes and score
>assignments, but for English language mail its accurate out of a few
>sigmas.
OK. Then explain something to me. How does SpamAssassin differentiate
between a solicited bulk message and an unsolicited bulk message?
Sean Brunnock
http://server.com
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