[SpamCop-Mail] Re: What does MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR mean ?

[Larry Kilgallen]

In article <btces0$k7g$1 at news.spamcop.net>, Graeme Leith <glnews030922 at highspot.net> writes:
> Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> 
>> SpamAssassin caused some non-spam to be put into my Held Mail folder
>> with the following notation.
>> 
>> X-Spam-Status: hits=1.1 tests=MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR version=2.60
>> 
>> Can someone tell me what MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR means ?
>> 
>> The addressees were all individuals, but my one address had a single
>> word Personal Name.
> 
> SpamAssassin found a mailto link in the email that looked like a spammer 
> unsubscribe address.

No mailto links, since this was text email.  There were four
email addresses in the body, two at Yahoo and two at AOL.

> I'll do some conf file digging if you want more 
> specifics on the test.

I would be interested, but you don't owe me research time.

> SA only had 1.1 hits. If you're using that low a threshold, you will 
> likely see a lot of false positives.

My threshhold is low, but typically I get no false positives, which
is why I was interested in the details.