Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:57:42 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: MikeM <MyRaQ@mgm51.com> Cc: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions Message-ID: <20020817022742.GH30905@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200208162221490436.0597E8BD@sentry.24cl.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10208161805200.75327-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <200208162221490436.0597E8BD@sentry.24cl.com>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Mutilated quoted text. On Friday, 16 August 2002 at 22:21:49 -0400, MikeM wrote: > On 8/16/2002 at 6:08 PM Annelise Anderson wrote: >> I installed spamassassin with no special configuration (just a >> .procmailrc entry). And this is what I got on your email (the >> other "questions" mail ID'd as spam was the subject of this >> thread... >> >> I will delete most of your message so it doesn't get identified >> again as spam... >> >> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, MikeM wrote: >>> >>> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:44:56 -0400 >>> From: MikeM <MyRaQ@mgm51.com> >>> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>> Subject: *****SPAM***** making cvs on FreeBSD 4.6 >>> >>> SPAM: -------------------- Start SpamAssassin results ---------------------- >>> SPAM: This mail is probably spam. The original message has been altered >>> SPAM: so you can recognise or block similar unwanted mail in future. >>> SPAM: See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. >>> SPAM: >>> SPAM: Content analysis details: (5.6 hits, 5 required) >>> SPAM: FROM_NAME_NO_SPACES (-0.1 points) From: no spaces in name >>> SPAM: RATWARE (4.6 points) Bulk email software fingerprints found in headers >>> SPAM: MSG_ID_ADDED_BY_MTA_3 (1.1 points) 'Message-Id' was added by a relay (3) >>> SPAM: >>> SPAM: -------------------- End of SpamAssassin results --------------------- > ============= > > I'm sorry, but your SPAM filter is too tight. FWIW, I think that SpamAssassin could be more rigorous. > Here's why > -I use the name MikeM. Maybe it might be better if I used Mike M, but > for now I do not. So? Who's complaining about that? > -I use Calypso email software because it is 2000% better than Outlook > Distress for my needs. So is everything else. From what I've seen, most are also better than Calypso. By the looks of it, it badly mutilates replies. Presumably it is also broken in that it doesn't add a Message-Id: header. > It is rock solid, and free of security problems. I strongly doubt that, but it's not the issue here. > Yes, it has a mailing list facility, but I do not use it. > -My relay is the Postfix server running in my basement. > > Regardless of all that, it does not explain why I had been able to post > and receive messages from this list prior to "the incident". No, that explanation was in a different reply, but you chose to ignore it until proven otherwise. There's nobody here who can prove that, so that's probably the end of the story. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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