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The "TxRep" page has been changed by Ivo Truxa:
https://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/TxRep?action=3Ddiff&rev1=3D36&rev2=3D37

  ## page was copied from AutoWhitelist
- =3D The Auto-WhiteList =3D
+ =3D The TxRep - Reputation Plugin =3D
  =

  =3D=3D Introduction =3D=3D
  =

@@ -36, +36 @@

  =

  =3D=3D How do I whitelist/blacklist someone? =3D=3D
  =

- Not with the this!  This is a automatic heuristic system.
- You want to use the manual whitelist/blacklist.  See ManualWhitelist.
- =

- =

- =3D=3D=3D=3D Previous version implementation =3D=3D=3D=3D
- =

- In 3.3, the plugin is not loaded by default.
- =

- In 3.1, it is a plugin, loaded by default in the file {{{v310.pre}}}.
- In 3.0, it is enabled by default and turned off with the configuration se=
tting {{{use_auto_whitelist 0}}}.
- In earlier versions, it is enabled using the -a flag to spamassassin or s=
pamd.
  =

  =3D=3D=3D=3D Utility =3D=3D=3D=3D
  =

@@ -65, +54 @@

   This is useful when a spammer sends one or more ham messages before send=
ing spam.
  =

  Newer version is available at http://truxoft.com/resources/sa-heatu.v4.02=
.tar.gz Besides other enhancements, it offers the possibility to dump, expi=
re, or delete records by multiple criteria, including regexes. There is no =
online document describing all the new features, but the command line help =
and the integrated changelog give detailed information about them (sa-heatu=
 -h resp. sa-heatu --changelog).
- ----
  =

- =

- =3D=3D Discussion =3D=3D
- DGerman says: " Notice that I have avoided the use of the string '''autow=
hiteList''' where possible.
- Even if "we were there first", this it is more than  whitelisting."
- =

- TODO: verify example calculation, verify auto_whitelist_factor and show d=
efault
- =

- =

- =

- Most other products use an '''AutoWhitelist''' as ''automation'' of a ''m=
anual whitelist'', which is created and/or maintained by monitoring outgoin=
g email to '''add entries to a whitelist''' without a need for human interv=
ention. In essence, rather than adjusting a ''sender's average score'', as =
in '''SpamAssassin''', most other products literally ''automate'' the addit=
ion of names to the manual whitelist. Because '''autowhitelist-ing''' is an=
 industry standard term for automation of a '''whitelist''', this feature i=
n SpamAssassin should be re-named to better align with what it actual does,=
 such as maybe '''''AutoReScore'''''? In essence, be aware the term ''AutoW=
hitelist'' means something else on most (if not all) other anti-spam produc=
ts. -- JDR
- =

- SpamAssassin has been using the term "autowhitelist" for this feature sin=
ce about 2001 -- I think we were there first ;) -- jmason
- =

- From http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/ManualWhitelist "the name is a m=
isnomer. The AutoWhitelist is designed as an automatic score averaging syst=
em." Maybe score averaging system? -Roger
- =

- It seems to me that this would be the place to document the default value=
 of '''auto_whitelist_factor'''. I gather from other sources that it's 0.5.=
 -- DanielNorton
- =

- Yes, the default auto_whitelist_factor is indeed 0.5, as described in the=
 documentation at [[http://spamassassin.apache.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Pl=
ugin_AWL.html#item_n|Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL auto_whitelist_factor]=
]. -- [[Khopesh|Adam Katz]]
- =

- As to how it faces users, the description can be overridden in the config=
uration.  My ([[Khopesh|Adam Katz]]) production systems redescribe AWL so a=
s to remove the confusion:
- =

- {{{describe AWL    Adjust score towards average for this sender}}}
-=20