What is X spam level?

What is X spam level?

X-Spam-Level indicates the overall SpamAssassin score given to the email you’re sending out. Messages with a score of less than one will show no stars in the header, which is what we see in the full SpamAssassin header example above.

How do I report spam to SpamAssassin?

Other SpamAssassin users may benefit from your efforts to report spam! If you enable the SpamCop plugin, just run spamassassin -r to report a spam message.

What is a Spam Confidence level?

That score is mapped to an individual spam confidence level (SCL) that’s added to the message in an X-header. A higher SCL indicates a message is more likely to be spam. EOP takes action on the message based on the SCL.

What is your spam status?

What Is Your Spam Status? The X-Spam-Status header starts by telling you flat out if the message is spam or not, then it gives you the exact spam score (in this case, -0.4), as well as the default score threshold for the recipient (“required=5.0”). If an email score lands higher than the threshold, the recipient will mark it as spam.

What is the spam threshold in SpamAssassin?

The default SpamAssassin setting for the threshold is 5.0, but some SpamAssassin installations can use a more or less aggressive threshold. We use a threshold of 5.0 in our Spam Testing service. In the example above, the email’s spam score was -0.4, and the threshold was set at the default score of 5.0, which means the email is not spam.

What are the best spam tests for email delivery?

Lastly, run spam tests on all your emails before you hit send. The SpamAssassin test is a big one, but there are other popular options such as the Barracuda spam filter. Email on Acid’s spam testing and deliverability process runs a test using 23 of the most important spam filters, with SpamAssassin being just one of the more well-known filters.