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Plusnet silently drops some emails

jkg
Grafter
Posts: 80
Thanks: 9
Registered: ‎18-12-2007

Plusnet silently drops some emails

Plusnet’s spam engine (Cloudmark + PN MXCore)

This is where the nonsense happens.

Cloudmark score:
`
X-CM-Score: 0.00
`
Cloudmark says: not spam.

SpamAssassin composite score:
`
X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.15 / 4.00]
`
A score of -4.15 is extremely hammy.
Again: not spam.

And yet Plusnet adds:
`
X-pn-pstn-db:" Spam 99
`

This is a Plusnet‑specific internal flag, not based on industry-standard scoring.
It is known to be unreliable and often misfires
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PhilipHeyes
Seasoned Pro
Posts: 640
Thanks: 226
Fixes: 7
Registered: ‎10-11-2021

Re: Plusnet silently drops some emails

In the current ultra leaky spam filter the "spam flag" in the email header / message source is : 

X-Spam: Yes