Acceptable Spam Assassin Score

Jeremy Wilson · 09-04-2008, 11:49 AM

I'm new to the world of autoresponders and list building and need a little help from those with more experience than me.

I'm using GetResponse and a couple of my messages are getting scores of 2.1 - 2.5 according to Spam Assassin.

It says my message may get flagged as spam but when I run tests they come through ok.

So is this a bad enough score to rewrite the messages in question? Just curious as to what everyone has experienced from real world experience.

Thanks!

John Motson · 09-04-2008, 11:52 AM

Are you using html or too many links?

Usually if the spam score is above 2 it's because your link to word density is too high.

I try to bring that down before I send any newsletter out - just to be on the safe side.

John

Jeremy Wilson · 09-04-2008, 12:01 PM

Actually, I just read the message again from Spam Assassin and it says:

"Your mail will be probably NOT recognized as SPAM. "

I just misread what it said but I am still curious to know what others experiences are.

John,

I am using both html and text. I don't think their are too many links but I will play around with that and see.

Neil Morgan · 09-04-2008, 12:05 PM

Hello Jeremy

When SpamAssassin is installed it defaults to 5.0. That means incoming email with a score of 5.0 or above will get flagged as spam.

ISP's (indeed individual domain owners) can adjust that value downwards if they want to filter out more spam.

So you need to get the score as low as possible and definitely less than 5.0.

My free ScoreForSpam service (in sig below) returns your SpamAssassin score for any email you send it.

Cheers,

Neil

Jeremy Wilson · 09-04-2008, 12:45 PM

Hey Neil,

Cool service! I think I am ok but I will still try a few things to improve my score.

Thanks for the advice.

09-04-2008, 11:49 AM	#1
Jeremy Wilson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Niceville, Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 2 Thanked 250 Times in 35 Posts	Acceptable Spam Assassin Score I'm new to the world of autoresponders and list building and need a little help from those with more experience than me. I'm using GetResponse and a couple of my messages are getting scores of 2.1 - 2.5 according to Spam Assassin. It says my message may get flagged as spam but when I run tests they come through ok. So is this a bad enough score to rewrite the messages in question? Just curious as to what everyone has experienced from real world experience. Thanks!

09-04-2008, 11:52 AM	#2
John Motson Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia. Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 1 Thanked 21 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Acceptable Spam Assassin Score Are you using html or too many links? Usually if the spam score is above 2 it's because your link to word density is too high. I try to bring that down before I send any newsletter out - just to be on the safe side. John
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09-04-2008, 12:01 PM	#3
Jeremy Wilson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Niceville, Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 2 Thanked 250 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Acceptable Spam Assassin Score Actually, I just read the message again from Spam Assassin and it says: "Your mail will be probably NOT recognized as SPAM. " I just misread what it said but I am still curious to know what others experiences are. John, I am using both html and text. I don't think their are too many links but I will play around with that and see.

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Neil Morgan Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lanarkshire UK Posts: 2,487 Thanks: 98 Thanked 314 Times in 223 Posts Social Networking	Re: Acceptable Spam Assassin Score Hello Jeremy When SpamAssassin is installed it defaults to 5.0. That means incoming email with a score of 5.0 or above will get flagged as spam. ISP's (indeed individual domain owners) can adjust that value downwards if they want to filter out more spam. So you need to get the score as low as possible and definitely less than 5.0. My free ScoreForSpam service (in sig below) returns your SpamAssassin score for any email you send it. Cheers, Neil
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09-04-2008, 12:45 PM	#5
Jeremy Wilson HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Niceville, Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 2 Thanked 250 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Acceptable Spam Assassin Score Hey Neil, Cool service! I think I am ok but I will still try a few things to improve my score. Thanks for the advice.