Bug 7861 - Email domains with cannabis word get high score
Summary: Email domains with cannabis word get high score
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Spamassassin
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Rules (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Undefined
Assignee: SpamAssassin Developer Mailing List
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Reported: 2020-10-07 12:59 UTC by brunogm.2008
Modified: 2020-10-07 16:41 UTC (History)
3 users (show)


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Email error received when using a domain name with the cannabis word image/jpeg None brunogm.2008@gmail.com [NoCLA]
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Description brunogm.2008 2020-10-07 12:59:26 UTC 
Created attachment 5726 [details]
Email error received when using a domain name with the cannabis word

I bring an interesting topic. Spamassasin gives a high score to domain names with the word "cannabis" on it.

In my opinion this has to be reviewed. The cannabis industry is booming worldwide, and many legitimate busineses might decide to use the word "cannabis" in their names.



See attached an email error received when using a domain name with the cannabis word.
Comment 1 RW 2020-10-07 14:44:31 UTC 
This is not due to core spamassassin rules, the relevant rules are from the third-party KAM rule set. You should take it up with your local admin. 

For future reference you should take rule problems like this to the user mailing list first, rather than go straight to the bug tracker.
Comment 2 Paul Stead 2020-10-07 14:46:31 UTC 
Also worth note is that this is not just because of the prescense of the word cannabis in the domain name, the rules hit are more subtle than that.
Comment 3 RW 2020-10-07 15:14:27 UTC 
(In reply to Steadramon from comment #2)
> Also worth note is that this is not just because of the prescense of the
> word cannabis in the domain name, the rules hit are more subtle than that.

Not much more.  KAM_MARIJUANA2 (8.0 points) only needs an additional "medicinal" in the body, which seems highly likely if the domain is dealing in legal cannabis products.
Comment 4 John Hardin 2020-10-07 16:41:48 UTC 
Problems with rules should be taken to the SA Users mailing list as RW noted.