Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:06:03 -0400
From: Bowie Bailey <...>
To: cat@vv.carleton.ca
Subject: Procmail/SpamAssassin instruction page

I just came across your page while doing a search on SpamAssassin.  It
doesn't directly apply to me, but I scanned over it and noticed
something that I wanted to comment on.

You suggest changing the score of ALL_TRUSTED to 0.  This is generally
a bad idea.  If ALL_TRUSTED hits spam from outside your network, this
means that your trust path is misconfigured and there will also be
other problems behind the scenes that will make several of the network
tests less effective.  A much better idea is to leave ALL_TRUSTED as
is and configure trusted_networks properly instead.  If you don't
configure trusted_networks, SA tries to guess and frequently gets it
wrong.

Instead of suggesting a change to the ALL_TRUSTED score, maybe you
should suggest configuring trusted_networks instead.  Perhaps include
a link to the wiki as well:
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/TrustPath

I know that this is more complex than just changing a score, but once
you get it right, SpamAssassin will be able to parse the received
headers correctly and call the proper network tests.  You should get
better results this way.

No offense intended here -- I truly appreciate anyone who is willing
to create a how-to document and make it available.  I just want to
help everyone get the best out of SpamAssassin.

--
Bowie