Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

> being used to decide if something is spam or not

Each rule has a score associated with it. By default a message needs to reach 5.0 to be marked as "spam":

* https://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.0.x/dist/doc/Mail_Spa...

The threshold is configurable. An header is added post-processing, e.g.:

    X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=21.6 required=4.0 […]
* https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPAMASSASSIN/X+S...

One can then choose what do to with this information (via procmail or Sieve). There is another header as well:

> X-Spam-Level: This displays your spam level with asterisks, with one asterisk displayed per point, rounded down. For example, if your overall SpamAssassin score is 4.3, it will display ****. If you score less than 1, for example, 0.5, it will display nothing.

* https://www.mailercheck.com/articles/spamassassin-score




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: