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RE: Lowering spam threshold
From: John Hardin <jhardin_at_nospam>Date: Fri Jul 08 2011 - 14:22:45 GMT
To: "'users@spamassassin.apache.org'" <users@spamassassin.apache.org>
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Lars Jørgensen wrote:
>>> $sa_tag2_level_deflt = 5.2; # add 'spam detected' headers at that level
>>> $sa_kill_level_deflt = 6.2; # triggers spam evasive actions (e.g. blocks mail)
>
>> That seems a little aggressive to me. Personally I'd prefer a larger
>> margin of error for FPs, and would set the discard level to 9 or 10
>> (unless the "evasive actions" include "quarantine for review").
>
> "evasive actions" do indeed include quarantine. No-quarantine-cutoff is set at 20, which may be a bit high, but we got room for it.
So, tag at 5.2, quarantine at 6.2, discard at 20? That sounds reasonable
to me, assuming the quarantine is readily accessible for review.
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