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ichudov at Algebra

Nov 6, 2007, 8:46 AM

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Whitelist gives positive score???

I whitelisted some friends, but, to my shock, whitelist ADDS to a
score, I thought it should subtract it? It adds 5 to my scores. What's
wrong?

i

felicity at apache

Nov 6, 2007, 8:51 AM

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Re: Whitelist gives positive score??? [In reply to]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:46:39AM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
> I whitelisted some friends, but, to my shock, whitelist ADDS to a
> score, I thought it should subtract it? It adds 5 to my scores. What's
> wrong?

When you say you whitelisted folks, do you mean "whitelist_*" config options,
or something through the AWL?

If the former, that is strange, and I'd assume your config overrides the
scores positively for some reason.

If the latter, http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AwlWrongWay

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ichudov at Algebra

Nov 6, 2007, 8:58 AM

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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:51:09AM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:46:39AM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
> > I whitelisted some friends, but, to my shock, whitelist ADDS to a
> > score, I thought it should subtract it? It adds 5 to my scores. What's
> > wrong?
>
> When you say you whitelisted folks, do you mean "whitelist_*" config options,
> or something through the AWL?

Actually both.

Example of latter:

3.5 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list

> If the former, that is strange, and I'd assume your config overrides the
> scores positively for some reason.

Do you know what is the score name for whitelist_from?

i

> If the latter, http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AwlWrongWay
>

felicity at apache

Nov 6, 2007, 9:58 AM

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Re: Whitelist gives positive score??? [In reply to]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:58:00AM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
> > If the former, that is strange, and I'd assume your config overrides the
> > scores positively for some reason.
>
> Do you know what is the score name for whitelist_from?

USER_IN_WHITELIST

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mkettler_sa at verizon

Nov 6, 2007, 8:57 PM

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Re: Whitelist gives positive score??? [In reply to]

Igor Chudov wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:51:09AM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:46:39AM -0600, Igor Chudov wrote:
>>
>>> I whitelisted some friends, but, to my shock, whitelist ADDS to a
>>> score, I thought it should subtract it? It adds 5 to my scores. What's
>>> wrong?
>>>
>> When you say you whitelisted folks, do you mean "whitelist_*" config options,
>> or something through the AWL?
>>
>
> Actually both.
>
> Example of latter:
>
> 3.5 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
>

Despite it's name, the AWL is *not* a whitelist, it's a score averaging
system. The AWL is fully automated, and has nothing to do with your
manual whitelisting efforts. (ie: whitelist_* commands do not affect the
AWL scores).

Also, a positive score doesn't always mean the AWL thinks the message is
spam.

I'd suggest reading this article to get your mind around what the AWL
does and what behaviors are normal, and what ones are problems:

http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AwlWrongWay

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