Re: [exim] HELO checks and spamassassin

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Author: Chris Lear
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To: Exim users list
CC: Alan J. Flavell
Subject: Re: [exim] HELO checks and spamassassin
* Alan J. Flavell wrote (12/04/2005 16:59):
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Chris Lear wrote:
>
>> * Alan J. Flavell wrote (12/04/2005 16:07):
>> >


[...]

>
> Well, we have stanzas in the RCPT ACL which cut extra headers,
> and they are successfully rated by spamassassin. Here's an example:
>
> message = X-HELO-warning: That's a nasty HELO: $sender_helo_name
>
> which gets rated by a rule called NASTY_HELO, and here's a snippet
> from the rejection log:
>
> X-PHYSCI-Spam-Report: 19.2/5.0
>         3.6 NASTY_HELO             Nasty-looking HELO
>         0.2 NO_REAL_NAME           From: does not include a real name
>         3.6 NO_HOST_LUP            Host IP did not look up in DNS
>         4.0 IN_SPAMCOP_BLACKLIST   RBL: Blacklisted at spamcop
>         0.8 DEAR_SOMETHING         BODY: Contains 'Dear (something)'
>         1.3 MILLION_USD            BODY: Talks about millions of dollars
>         2.9 NIGERIAN_BODY1         Message body looks like a Nigerian 

>
> [and so on...]
>
> The NO_HOST_LUP is another case where we're cutting a custom header at
> RCPT time, and rating it at spamassassin time. So I'm confident that
> it works.
>
>> which is what I'd prefer
>
> indeed


Looks like I need to look into custom spamassassin rules (I only have
default rules). Bit off-topic for this list.

Thanks again for your help.

Chris