Re: spam scores being neutralized by bayes

Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.virus.maiamailguard
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Or better yet, you could just teach the Bayes filter that it's not spam!
:)  Rarely do I find a spam message that matches the BAYES_00 rule.

-derek

Ed <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> In local.cf set your own score :
>
> score BAYES_00  0.0    ##  pick any number you want here
>
> Any scores you set in local.cf over ride any built in scoring for any token.
>
> --Ed
>
> On 07/07/2015 05:43 AM, Jason Street wrote:
>> I hope are small group of Maia users are keeping well.
>>
>> I am slowly getting to grips with Maia one problem I am having is with
>> the scores being assigned to email and as a result a lot of genuine spam
>> is reaching inboxes.
>>
>> The problem seems to be that Bayes (?) is neutralizing the scoring and
>> as a result email that would have been spam is allowed through.
>>
>> For example this scoring for spam that reached inbox
>>
>>    1.700     URIBL_DBL_SPAM     Contains an URL listed in the DBL blocklist
>>    1.449     RCVD_IN_BRBL_LASTEXT     (No description provided)
>>    0.437     HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_02     HTML has a low ratio of text to
>> image area
>>    0.100     DKIM_SIGNED     Domain Keys Identified Mail: message has a
>> signature
>>    0.001     HTML_MESSAGE     HTML included in message
>>    -0.001     SPF_PASS     SPF: sender matches SPF record
>>    -0.100     DKIM_VALID     Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK
>> signature
>>    -0.100     DKIM_VALID_AU     Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature
>> from author's domain
>>    -1.900     BAYES_00     Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1%:)
>>
>> What is the best way to resolve this?
>>
>> ¬¬JS
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