[Techtalk] spamassassin

[Meredydd Luff]

A fairly good HOW-TO guide can be found at the bottom of this page:

http://kmail.kde.org/tools.html

Meredydd

On Sunday 27 October 2002 08:30, Mary wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2002, kansas_kennedy at phreaker.net wrote:
> > I recently got the anti-spam program. But seems like it requires
> > procmail to get started. Although I have procmail installed I never
> > used it; I largely use KMail.
> >
> > My question is: is there any way around procmail to KMail? And some
> > other nitty-gritties (tips/ trix) about spamassassin from veteran
> > users.
>
> To use spam assassin, whatever you're using to get your mail needs to be
> able to send the mail out to the spamassassin program itself, which
> rewrites the mail. It then needs to accept it back.
>
> This is part of procmail's functionality, but I don't think being able
> to filter mail through arbitary programs is a normal part of many other
> mail programs. KMail users can tell you for sure.
>
> Can you tell us a bit about how you currently receive your mail? Do you
> download it to your machine from your ISP? Do you download it from a
> machine you or a friend runs? Do you read it on the system it is
> delivered to (fairly unlikely if you're using KMail, because most people
> don't use the same machine for desktop and server use, but worth
> asking)?
>
> Depending on the system you are using, we might be able to help you find
> an alternative way to set SpamAssassin up.
>
> One thing I've noticed with spamassassin: *all* commerical mail looks
> like spam to it. My "welcome to ICQ, you DID request this message" email
> was marked "Lame 'you opted-in' excuse" and filed as spam. Some
> commerical mailouts I have requested are regularly marked as spam.
>
> You should probably learn how to whitelist, although I haven't bothered
> yet ;)
>
> -Mary
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