Sample Rules

The full list of rules that are distributed as part of SpamAssassin 2.63 is available from the SpamAssassin web site, http://spamassassin.apache.org/tests.html. The following table is an excerpt from that list.

AREA TESTEDLOCALEDESCRIPTION OF TESTTEST NAMEDEFAULT SCORES (local, net, with bayes, with bayes+net)
body Generic Test for Unsolicited Bulk EmailGTUBE1000.000
full Listed in Razor2 (http://razor.sf.net/)RAZOR2_CHECK0 0.150 0 1.511
body Razor2 gives confidence level above 50%RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_1000 1.485 0 0.056
full Listed in DCC (http://rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/)DCC_CHECK0 1.373 0 2.169
full Listed in Pyzor (http://pyzor.sf.net/)PYZOR_CHECK0 2.041 0 3.451
body Incorporates a tracking ID numberTRACKER_ID1.825 1.064 1.818 0.555 ...

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