Spamassassin FAQ

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Just noticed this in a spam: 2.2 DCC_CHECK listed in DCC (http://rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/) -0.0 DCC_CHECK_NEGATIVE Not listed in DCC Could this be just a fluke or should I check something? -- KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C
I was wondering what the rationale behind the rule TVD_SPACED_SUBJECT_WORD3 is. http://spamassassin.apache.org/tests_3_2_x.html does not give a description. This rule bit me when sending a mail with the subject "Re: MySQL".
I am wondering if someone has a rule to deal with the current spam being sent with just a small png attachment the name of which changes There is no text in the email, just the attachment - the subject line is always different
I have an email that I'm trying to whitelist using whitelist_from_rcvd and it's not working as I expect. I've created an entry: whitelist_from_rcvd user@lanyon.com savvis.net Here is the corresponding received header: X-Envelope
When i checked the third party softwares for spam-assassin i found many custom rule sets. Do I have to install these rule sets manually? If I perform sa-update, will it will include all these rule sets into my spam-assassin rules list?
Our webmail server is on the same server as sendmail and spamassassin. I would like to filter outbound webmail but can't because the most recent versions of spamassassin have 127.0.0.1 trusted by default. How can I override this? Or is that a bad idea for other reasons?
We've seen a recent explosion in spam that SpamAssassin does not flag, it seems mainly because the FROM (sender) field is being used for subject content, eg: VIAGRA, PORN etc etc Can anyone tell me how far off a standard filter update might be to carry out checks on the FROM field?
Also - I'd like to make a list of host names where email from celll phones comes from. Does anyone have a list of domain name or host names where cell phone email is sent from?
Is somebody using the chickenpox-rules in his actual SA-Config and can tell me something about the SPAM-Hits? Do you think itīs advisable for us to use it?
i have some problems with false positives so i need that the e-mails with spamassassin score 2 or 3 has being marked as spam but delivered to the user, what is the parameter that can help me with this problem?

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