Bug 6004 - Track and Factor-in legitimacy of Abuse address
Summary: Track and Factor-in legitimacy of Abuse address
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Spamassassin
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Rules (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2.5
Hardware: Other All
: P5 enhancement
Target Milestone: Undefined
Assignee: SpamAssassin Developer Mailing List
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Reported: 2008-10-26 18:35 UTC by Glen Stewart
Modified: 2018-01-29 05:25 UTC (History)
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Description Glen Stewart 2008-10-26 18:35:19 UTC 
I use whois.abuse.net to send a complaint to the admins of domains I get spam from, when it passes SpamAssassin.  Of course, I also use the -r reporting switch on SpamAssassin too.

Often times, the abuse address fails to be legitimate - and some domains send a LOT of spam with no functional abuse address to contact.  It is this problem that I believe should impact the Spamassassin score - whether the abuse contact is functional.

Domains with non-functional abuse contacts should get some fractional point added to the spam score.
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2018-01-28 18:45:07 UTC 
These days (9+ years later) I have an automated method to submit to Spamcop.net to let them aggregate abuse reports and hande abuse contacts.

There are many HOWTOs out there on how to set this up.
Comment 2 AXB 2018-01-29 05:25:18 UTC 
Obsolete