When using spamassassin, you might happen to realize that some important e-mail has been filtered out for some kind of wierd reason.
The e-mail will be classified as spam and get an introduction like this:
Content analysis details: (32.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100% [score: 1.0000] 0.4 SARE_SUB_ENC_ISO2022JP Subject specifies display in non-English lang 1.0 GAPPY_SUBJECT Subject: contains G.a.p.p.y-T.e.x.t 1.4 PLING_QUERY Subject has exclamation mark and question mark 0.8 SARE_SUB_PCT_LETTER subject has random-text spamsign 0.7 SARE_SUB_CASH_CHAR Subject has letter then $ then letter 3.2 CHARSET_FARAWAY_HEADER A foreign language charset used in headers 2.8 UNWANTED_LANGUAGE_BODY BODY: Message written in an undesired language 2.2 TVD_SPACE_RATIO BODY: TVD_SPACE_RATIO 1.5 RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_E8_51_100 Razor2 gives engine 8 confidence level above 50% [cf: 100] 0.5 RAZOR2_CHECK Listed in Razor2 (http://razor.sf.net/) 1.5 RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_E4_51_100 Razor2 gives engine 4 confidence level above 50% [cf: 100] 0.5 RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100 Razor2 gives confidence level above 50% [cf: 100] 2.2 DCC_CHECK Listed in DCC (http://rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/) 1.5 URIBL_WS_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the WS SURBL blocklist [URIs: getgirl-chancetime.com] 1.5 URIBL_JP_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the JP SURBL blocklist [URIs: getgirl-chancetime.com] 1.5 URIBL_OB_SURBL Contains an URL listed in the OB SURBL blocklist [URIs: getgirl-chancetime.com] 3.0 URIBL_BLACK Contains an URL listed in the URIBL blacklist [URIs: getgirl-chancetime.com] 0.9 RCVD_IN_PBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus PBL [URIs: getgirl-chancetime.com] [221.208.98.157 listed in zen.spamhaus.org] 2.0 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net [Blocked - see <http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?221.208.98.157>] 0.2 SARE_TO_EMPTY To address is set to empty 0.0 DIGEST_MULTIPLE Message hits more than one network digest check 0.1 RDNS_NONE Delivered to trusted network by a host with no rDNSIn a case where the e-mail isn't actually spam (the example above is really spam), you might want to know of a good place to get all these granted spam-points explained in order to help e-mail senders to fix their newsletters or account-renewal reminders, . Well, the way to go is the Spamassassin wiki, of course, but the page might not be so easy to find, so here it is: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/Rules/
