[Evolution-users] Spam Management
Wolf Drechsel
wd-p at trolink.de
Fri Apr 10 09:19:12 UTC 2026
Hello friends,
after some experiments I'm still a little helpless. Tried as well evo
3.52 (generic ubuntu) as 3.60 (flatpak).
My server does some (not so bad) spam filtering and marks spam messages
with ***SPAM*** in the subject line.
Valued advice given in this list was (AFAIU):
1. disable evo's local SPAM filtering, let the server do the work, set
up a rule to shift SPAM to the spam folder
2. enable evo's local SPAM filterig, so you can still mark messages as
"non-spam", which falsely are treated as SPAM by evo.
Using #1, I set up a rule "shift ***SPAM*** -flagged messages to SPAM
folder". This works nice, but any falsely flagged message will
immediately be shifted back to SPAM folder when manually flagged as
non-SPAM.
With using #2, my initial problem persists:
Messages, not marked as SPAM by the server, go to the SPAM folder. When
I flag them as "non-spam", they will oscillate between SPAM folder and
inbox.
So I do not really know how to deal with this setup. Is there somewhere
some basic advice how to set up evo correctly to deal with a SPAM
filtering server?
Greetings,
Wolf
PS: Here are headers of two SPAM messages - one flagged by the server,
one not. Both, with method #2, where shifted to SPAM folder, what is
good.
Below, header of a non-SPAM message, which, when flagged as HAM, will
oscillate.
X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.0
X-Spam-Score: 40
X-Spam-Bar: ++++
X-Ham-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "cp127.sp-
server.net",
has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. The original
message has been attached to this so you can view it or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
root\@localhost for details.
Content preview: Timeless Luxury Watches From $250 Timeless Style
Starts Here
Discover premium luxury watches designed for elegance and
performance. Elevate
your look with high-end craftsmanship - now starting at just $250.
Explore
Collection Unsubsc [...]
Content analysis details: (4.0 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- ------------------------------------------
--------
-0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record
-0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record
0.0 KAM_DMARC_STATUS Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with
Strict
Alignment
0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60%
[score: 0.5267]
1.1 INVALID_DATE Invalid Date: header (not RFC 2822)
0.0 T_DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_Q Date: is 4 days to 4 months after
Received:
date
0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
0.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME
parts
2.0 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host
with no rDNS
X-Spam-Flag: NO
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=11.5
X-Spam-Score: 115
X-Spam-Bar: +++++++++++
X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system
"cp127.sp-server.net",
has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original
message has been attached to this so you can view it or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
root\@localhost for details.
Content preview: vart Klarna Letzte Mahnung _ offene Rechnung
Content analysis details: (11.5 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- ------------------------------------------
--------
1.5 SPF_HELO_SOFTFAIL SPF: HELO does not match SPF record
(softfail)
1.5 SPF_SOFTFAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record
(softfail)
0.0 KAM_DMARC_STATUS Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with
Strict
Alignment
0.2 KAM_DMARC_NONE DKIM has Failed or SPF has failed on the
message and
the domain has no DMARC policy
0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60%
[score: 0.4998]
0.0 TVD_RCVD_IP Message was received from an IP address
0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
0.1 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME
parts
2.6 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to internal network by host with
dynamic-looking rDNS
1.7 KAM_STORAGE_GOOGLE Google Storage API being abused by
spammers
3.0 GOOG_STO_NOIMG_HTML Apparently using google content hosting to
avoid
URIBL
0.0 NO_FM_NAME_IP_HOSTN No From name + hostname using IP address
X-Spam-Flag: YES
Subject: ***SPAM*** Letzte Mahnung =?UTF-
8?B?4oCTIG9mZmVuZSBSZWNobnVuZyBiaXMgMTAuMDQuMjAyNiBiZWdsZWljaGVuIA==?=
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8
X-Spam-Score: -27
X-Spam-Bar: --
X-Ham-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "cp127.sp-
server.net",
has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. The original
message has been attached to this so you can view it or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
root\@localhost for details.
Content preview: ....Hoffentlich sterben sie nicht !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am 08.04.2026
um 11:30 schrieb Wolf Drechsel: > Liebe Kolleginnen, > > ich habe
mehrfach
deutlich darauf hingewiesen, da_ aufgrund eines > Programmfehlers
*kein
Enddatum im* *Abo, *sondern nur in der [...]
Content analysis details: (-2.8 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- ------------------------------------------
--------
-0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at
https://www.dnswl.org/, low
trust
[212.227.17.22 listed in list.dnswl.org]
0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 RBL: Average reputation (+2)
[212.227.17.22 listed in wl.mailspike.net]
-0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record
-0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature
from author's
domain
0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not
necessarily valid
-0.1 DKIM_VALID_EF Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature
from
envelope-from domain
-0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK
signature
-1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1%
[score: 0.0000]
0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser
mail provider
[christine.schwarz(at)gmx.de]
0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
X-Spam-Flag: NO
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