[wplug] SpamAssassin

[Chris]

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wplug-bounces+vze2f6h6=verizon.net at wplug.org wrote:
> Teodorski, Chris wrote:
>> Has anyone seen any statistics on the success rate of SpamAssassin? Or
>> any good articles? 
>> 
>> I'm trying desperately to prevent my boss from sticking in another MS
>> exchange box to act an SMTP relay (I'd like to use postfix) but I'm
>> having trouble finding any real numbers.
> 
> I don't use SpamAssassin (because I don't approve of content
> filters, but that's another issue altogether)
> 
> However, if you want some stats:
> http://www.potentialtech.com/cgi-> bin/awstats.pl?config=mail
> 
> 

Well I don't use SA either, most RBL and a patch to block executables and
here is the results from one day.  I get this report emailed to me every
day, along with others.

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April 1
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Data for @40000000406b25bc12ff078c.s
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Executables blocked       3 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      31 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      27 messages
ORDB blocked       0 messages


Data for @40000000406b5e0a1a2634cc.s
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Executables blocked       3 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      23 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      46 messages
ORDB blocked       2 messages


Data for @40000000406bc4281e3cbaf4.s
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Executables blocked       3 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      26 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      81 messages
ORDB blocked      16 messages


Data for @40000000406c24533b30c754.s
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Executables blocked       6 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      45 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      58 messages
ORDB blocked      13 messages


Data for @40000000406c470a10da3f44.s
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Executables blocked      10 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      10 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      27 messages
ORDB blocked       5 messages


Data for @40000000406c5ede24e07f94.s
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Executables blocked       8 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      15 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      27 messages
ORDB blocked       3 messages


Data for @40000000406c7b461e3b865c.s
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Executables blocked       7 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      26 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      18 messages
ORDB blocked       5 messages


Data for @40000000406caed61d7b7664.s
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Executables blocked       1 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      24 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      39 messages
ORDB blocked       7 messages


Data for @40000000406d2656035c09ec.s
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Executables blocked       4 messages
SPAMHAUS blocked      61 messages
SPAMCOP blocked      39 messages
ORDB blocked       0 messages


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Total executables blocked 45
Total SPAMHAUS blocked 267
Total SPAMCOP blocked 368
Total ORDB blocked 51


Chris Romano



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