Bug 22 - Spam phrases scored too high in short messages
Summary: Spam phrases scored too high in short messages
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Spamassassin
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Rules (show other bugs)
Version: 2.30CVS
Hardware: All All
: P4 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Craig Hughes
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-02-01 01:40 UTC by Michael Moncur
Modified: 2002-06-15 03:58 UTC (History)
0 users


Attachment Type Modified Status Actions Submitter/CLA Status
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Michael Moncur 2002-02-01 01:40:20 UTC 
Since the spam phrase test measures density based on message length, it tends 
to score messages overenthusiastically when they're really short - for 
example, "Thank you for your message" gets 2.6 points for "for your" when it's 
part of a short message.

Since personal replies are often short, this has resulted in a couple of false 
positives for me.
Comment 1 Craig Hughes 2002-02-01 09:58:15 UTC 
I'll put a minimum cap on the message length calculation to prevent this.