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The best way to know how your installation is working is to check you logs and see what rules are hitting on your spam, and what rules are not. This way you can see which rules are the most productive for your spam. Several good scripts to run against your logs are,

• Wiki Markup\[http://www.exit0.us/index.php?pagename=MikesStatScript Mikes Stat Script\]unmigrated-wiki-markup
• \[http://www.rulesemporium.com/programs/sa-stats.txt sa-stats.pl pre SA version 3.1\] Wiki Markup\[http://www.rulesemporium.com/programs/
• sa-stats-1.0.txt sa-stats.pl post SA version 3.1\]

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Wiki MarkupUsing a log analyzer you can see which rules/plugins are working hardest for you. On our servers Bayes, DCC, Rayzor are all disabled. We catch all the spam we want with a combination of SURBL tests and a few custom rules both written inhouse and by the \[http://rulesemporium.com SARE Ninjas\].

This does not mean you shouldn't run DCC, Rayzor, or Bayes. Many people have great success with each or all those tools. You may or may not have success with them, Know your spam.

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