Re: disinformation newsletter suddenly getting flagged as spam by spam assassin. whitelisting it doesn't help.

Rev. Guido
> Mike Easter

>> But, what is your machine doing even looking at the SA result if it
>> has been whitelisted?  Just like I think SC shouldn't be SA scoring
>> the item because it was SC whitelisted, I also think that your
>> system shouldn't be reading 'somebody else's' SA scoring if it is
>> whitelisted on your end.
>
> my my local machine is plonking it because of the *****SPAM***** flag
> in the header... procmail doesn't touch it once it gets to my
> machine, but my email client says to take anything with a
> *****SPAM***** header and put it in the spam box.
>
> it wasn't a problem before...

So, the current explanation is that SC mail receives the item for you,
finds it whitelisted, then proceeds to analyze it with SA, score it
for/as spam, add the SPAM banner to the subject and put the Xline
X-Spam-Flag: YES, further examine the Received headerlines for IPs for
some unknown reason, and then put it into your SC mailbox.

Whereupon your procmail fetches it and passes it to your mua and the mua
sees the SPAM subject and Junk folders it.

It would seem that the 'rule' when it arrives at SC would be to see if
it is whitelisted and then stop processing anymore rules. Even in my
simple little Outlook Express I can make message rules which are
followed by 'stop processing any more rules'.  It doesn't seem
appropriate to be SA scoring and stamping headerlines and subject lines
as spam and surveying the Received lines for ?something? when the item
has already been whitelisted.  Something is very strange about that.

It's too bad this discussion or at least your presentation of the
problem isn't taking place in the forum.  I never go over there.  You
must have the same aversion or something.

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin