In my personal account's SpamAssassin Setup, I had the spam deletion option set to:
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but… well I'm quickly learning how many people (big companies even) have poorly configured SPF or DKIM (which is probably worse than no validation at all!), resulting in spam scores over 100. So I just turned the delete option off and asked someone to resend.
To my surprise however, their emails are still bouncing. The Exim Rejectlog says:
For another sender, it just says this:
Why would this be, when SpamAssassin is set to not delete spam? Am I right in saying that Easy Spam Fighter just calculates a spam score—that it doesn't actually delete anything? What else do I need to check?
Yes, block all spam scoring higher than: 20
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but… well I'm quickly learning how many people (big companies even) have poorly configured SPF or DKIM (which is probably worse than no validation at all!), resulting in spam scores over 100. So I just turned the delete option off and asked someone to resend.
To my surprise however, their emails are still bouncing. The Exim Rejectlog says:
… rejected after DATA: Your message to <my@address> was classified as SPAM. Please add more content, cut down on HTML links, use fewer naughty words etc. Also, ask your IT dept to make sure your mailserver has REVERSEDNS, SPF, DKIM, and is not on any black lists. Your score: 160
For another sender, it just says this:
… A=plain:my@address rejected RCPT <client@address>
Why would this be, when SpamAssassin is set to not delete spam? Am I right in saying that Easy Spam Fighter just calculates a spam score—that it doesn't actually delete anything? What else do I need to check?