Re: bayes/txrep questions

On 2025-02-16 at 10:38:38 UTC-0500 (Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:38:38 -0500)
Alex <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:

[quoting me]

>> TxRep (like AWL) is fed not by Bayes learning (sa-learn) but rather 
>> it
>> tracks the combination of an address and a source IP range (/24) with 
>> a
>> tally of the SA scores of messages using a subset of rules (no Bayes, 
>> no
>> TxRep/AWL). The TxRep or AWL DB can be seen and managed using the 
>> sa-awl
>> script and the listing action commands to the spamassassin script.
>>
>> Because of that, when I want to "learn" spam I feed to BOTH 'sa-learn
>> --spam' AND 'spamassassin --add-to-blacklist' so that both databases 
>> are
>> taught.
>
>
> Okay, very interesting. It's not entirely clear from the description
>
>      --add-to-blocklist                Add addresses in mail to 
> persistent
> address blocklist
>
> Is there a ham equivalent?
>
>       -W, --add-to-welcomelist          Add addresses in mail to 
> persistent
> address welcomelist


There is a single unified dynamic sender+source reputation list, 
implemented by TxRep or AWL, so it is a bit confusing that we use 
welcomelist and blocklist where it is really just one list with both 
negative and positive reputation factors.

The --add-to-blocklist action adds address+source records to the 
TxRep/AWL DB as
if the message has just arrived with a very HIGH positive score, by 
default 100

The --add-to-welcomelist action adds address+source records to the 
TxRep/AWL DB as if the message has just arrived with a very LOW negative 
score, by default -100

The --remove-from-welcomelist action REMOVES the address+source records 
from the TxRep/AWL DB that would have been added with either of the 
add-to actions.

The --remove-addr-from-welcomelist=<addr> action REMOVES the TxRep/AWL 
records related to a single specific email address without referencing 
any particular email message.

The --add-addr-to-welcomelist=<addr> action ADDS the TxRep/AWL records 
related to a single specific email address with a low negative 
(non-spam) score without referencing any particular email message.

The --add-addr-to-blocklist=<addr> action ADDS the TxRep/AWL records 
related to a single specific email address with a high positive (spam) 
score without referencing any particular email message.


Hopefully that clarifies...

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