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A look at SpamAssassin 3.0

Posted Jun 3, 2004 15:47 UTC (Thu) by einstein (subscriber, #2052)
In reply to: A look at SpamAssassin 3.0 by alspnost
Parent article: A look at SpamAssassin 3.0

I'd found a similar decline in effectiveness, but when I discovered and added the latest supplementary rulesets (backhair, popcorn, chickenpox, weeds etc) the effectiveness went back up to the 98-99% range.

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Updating SpamAssassin

Posted Jun 3, 2004 17:03 UTC (Thu) by dowdle (subscriber, #659) [Link]

Where do I get all of those? I must be overlooking it... right in front
of my face kinda thing.

Updating SpamAssassin

Posted Jun 3, 2004 17:09 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

Have a look at the custom rulesets page. They made a significant difference here as well. Do also consider RulesDuJour; like all anti-spam measures, the effectiveness of these rulesets tends to decline over time and they need to be updated.

A look at SpamAssassin 3.0

Posted Jun 3, 2004 17:12 UTC (Thu) by dowdle (subscriber, #659) [Link]

Ok, found it... in the SpamAssassin Wiki.

http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/CustomRulesets