[H-GEN] The declining effectiveness of SpamAssassin

[Sarah Walters]

Hi all,

My spam has reduced dramatically. I automatically reject all email from 
countries that I don't expect to get email from. The following is from my 
access file for sendmail:

ru      ERROR:550 "Icky SPAM. 
http://www.walters.id.au/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=Server+Problems"
kr      ERROR:550 "Icky SPAM. 
http://www.walters.id.au/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=Server+Problems"
cz      ERROR:550 "Icky SPAM. 
http://www.walters.id.au/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=Server+Problems"

There are a lot more countries, plus a few specific domains (mailasia.com for 
example). Even before I installed spamassassin, rules like this drastically 
cut out the spam. Spamassassin (called from mimedefang) catches almost all of 
the rest.

Sarah