On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Bob Crandell wrote: > Ok. I have it working on one computer. It seems the file that controls how strict > it filters is /etc/mail/spamassasin/local.cf. I don't quite understand how the > numbers work, but I'm getting close. > for each test that fires the number is added to the overall score for the message. Negative numbers can be added (IN_REP_TO and ALL_SPAM_TO are examples) so it's possible for messages that would otherwise be labeled *Spam* to get a negtive score, particularly if the message is sent to a number of people and one of them is listed as ALL_SPAM_TO in local.cf
For a smaller more personalised system something like TMDA might be worth checking out, it's basically adding a confirmation request step for mail coming from an unknown user so that a spammer would have to answer at a valid email address in order to reach you direcrtly. Not a perfect solution either, but it does preserve the openness of the net and limit the torrent of canned meatlike substance. > Horst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > > > >Bob, if you got any response off the list I would be interested in that > >too. > > Being on efn I am a client who's email gets spam filtered. Currently, I > >observe more spam-like (but real) mail getting filtered out than I'd > >prefer. I was not able to find a log documenting that -- usually I only > >find out if I get hold of the lost mail and re-sent it under my control. > > Yes, procmail seems involved, as I have a few recipeas (peas, 'cuz they > >are small) in my procmail config that seems to cooperate with SPAM > >Assassin. But it is not clear to me which filter comes first, the user's > >or a global from SPAM Assassin? Maybe some of the EFN gurus have some > >input here, as well as posting a few recipes as examples that would > >overwrite(if possible) some global criteria that a specific user likes to > >relax. > > - Horst. > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Bob Crandell wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I hear there those who have been successful in getting this running. I think > it's > >> running. SPAM is still getting through. There doesn't seem to be a log file. > Can > >> someone help me figure out how to get some feed back with this thing? > >> > >> I'm using sendmail. There are references to procmail in sendmail.cf. Does that > >> mean I'm using procmail. > >> > >> Thank you for your support. > >> -- > >> Bob Crandell > >> Assured Computing > >> When you need to be sure. > >> Cell 541-914-3985 > >> FAX 240-371-7237 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> www.assuredcomp.com > >> Eugene, Or. 97402 > >> > > > > > -- > Bob Crandell > Assured Computing > When you need to be sure. > Cell 541-914-3985 > FAX 240-371-7237 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.assuredcomp.com > Eugene, Or. 97402 > -- http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi)
