SpamAssassin "hits=5.0" Not Blocked

[Jeff G.]

I have "Webmail / Options / SpamCop Tools / Select your email filtering blacklists. / SpamAssassin Limit" set to "5". I just got spam with the following header that wasn't Held:

Return-Path: <davctcttotg[at]hotmail.com>
Delivered-To: spamcop-net-x[at]spamcop.net
Received: (qmail 3891 invoked from network); 23 Mar 2004 16:20:35 -0000
Received: from unknown (192.168.1.101)
  by blade6.cesmail.net with QMQP; 23 Mar 2004 16:20:35 -0000
Received: from mail-kr.bigfoot.com (HELO mail.bigfoot.com) (211.115.216.228)
  by mailgate.cesmail.net with SMTP; 23 Mar 2004 16:20:35 -0000
Received: from 211.115.216.228 ([61.76.114.119])
	by BFLITEMAIL-KR4.bigfoot.com (LiteMail v3.03(BFLITEMAIL-KR4)) with SMTP id 0403231118_BFLITEMAIL-KR4_246041_27819404;
	Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:22:57 -0500 EST
X-Message-Info: 8jRHmI42Gglhmr7uKyL1VE3mZwsvqV02
Received: from dns7socioeconomic.com ([223.1.240.170]) by vq5-y4.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824);
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:32:55 +0400
Received: from costelloaffiliate.com [127.0.0.1] by dns5ribose.com
  (SMTPD32-7.12     ) id SX813173J5; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:24:55 -0100
Subject: no visual side effect compare to v-iagra oratory
From: Ashley Stout
To: rob.ellison[at]bigfoot.com
Message-Id: <870817318366282.ET26175[at]combinatorbilharziasis.com>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
	boundary="--36444032035415228357"
X-spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on blade6
X-spam-Level: ****
X-spam-Status: hits=5.0 tests=CLICK_BELOW,DATE_MISSING,J_CHICKENPOX_37,
	LOCAL_DRUGS_MALEDYSFUNCTION,LOCAL_DRUGS_MALEDYSFUNCTION_OBFU,
	MIME_HEADER_CTYPE_ONLY version=2.63
X-SpamCop-Checked: 192.168.1.101 211.115.216.228 211.115.216.228 61.76.114.119 223.1.240.170 127.0.0.1 

[StevenUnderwood]

What is your point? SpamAssasin assigned a value of 4 to this message.

X-spam-Level: ****

[jefft]

What is your point?  SpamAssasin assigned a value of 4 to this message.

X-spam-Level: ****

Well, it did and it didn't.

Note that there are 4 stars, but the points are 5.0. I suspect a buglet in the SpamAssassin code somewhere. I've seen before 5.0 spams with 4 starts. Maybe there's a rounding error or something.

There's really nothing we can do. You can report this to SpamAssassin if you want.

JT