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Correct Scoring Options URL
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== Adjusting Rule Scores ==
SpamAssassin is distributed with rules designed to differentiate between spam and ham. Emails are tested to see which rules apply, and the scores of those rules that do apply to the email are added together. If the resulting score is high enough (equal or greater than the Required Hits parameter), the email is declared to be spam.
- The primary SA documentation at http://www.spamassassin.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html#scoring%20options defines the required_hits parameter, and states,
+ The primary SA documentation at http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/dist/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html#scoring_options defines the required_hits parameter, and states,
5.0 is the default setting, and is quite aggressive; it would be suitable for a single-user setup, but if you're an ISP installing SpamAssassin, you should probably set the default to be more conservative, like 8.0 or 10.0.
There are two basic reasons why you might want to change the default scores of the distribution rule set:[[BR]]
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Simply doubling this one rule will not cause this spam to be correctly flagged, but it's a start. That plus having Bayes learn the spam may be enough. This score change, plus maybe one or two additional rules of your own or from CustomRulesets can be enough.
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You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Spamassassin Wiki" for change notification.
The following page has been changed by Jake:
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AdjustRuleScore
The comment on the change is:
Correct Scoring Options URL
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== Adjusting Rule Scores ==
SpamAssassin is distributed with rules designed to differentiate between spam and ham. Emails are tested to see which rules apply, and the scores of those rules that do apply to the email are added together. If the resulting score is high enough (equal or greater than the Required Hits parameter), the email is declared to be spam.
- The primary SA documentation at http://www.spamassassin.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html#scoring%20options defines the required_hits parameter, and states,
+ The primary SA documentation at http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/dist/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html#scoring_options defines the required_hits parameter, and states,
5.0 is the default setting, and is quite aggressive; it would be suitable for a single-user setup, but if you're an ISP installing SpamAssassin, you should probably set the default to be more conservative, like 8.0 or 10.0.
There are two basic reasons why you might want to change the default scores of the distribution rule set:[[BR]]
@@ -50, +50 @@
Simply doubling this one rule will not cause this spam to be correctly flagged, but it's a start. That plus having Bayes learn the spam may be enough. This score change, plus maybe one or two additional rules of your own or from CustomRulesets can be enough.
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