Rob Hudson wrote:
> For about 3+ years I've had the same mail setup. Postfix delivered to a
> mbox file and I both check my mail on the server itself with mutt, and
> retrieve my mail from the server via secure POP. I'm using SpamAssassin
> which works well for me so far.
>
> The downside is that:
> - I have to manage my spam at the server and can't drop spam messages in
> a folder from my desktop mail client.
> - Sorting mail with procmail means POP doesn't pull it off the server.
> - I'm not really set up for multiple accounts and my wife has been
> getting a lot of junk mail lately.
>
> So I want to start from scratch and am looking for advice.
I know this is a religious issue, and some list members will
disagree, but in my oh-so-humble opinion, you can do better than
spamassassin. Take a look at DSPAM and CRM114. They are, so far as I
can tell, based on similar algorithms, but DSPAM is newer and seems
better engineered. Heck, take a look a bogofilter and spambayes.
They'll filter more accurately than spamassassin (in my ever-so-humble
opinion).
http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/
http://crm114.sourceforge.net/
http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/
http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
I've been using bogofilter for the last seven or eight months. If I
started over today, I'd try DSPAM.
> I'm thinking I'll use Postfix, Cyrus IMAP with some sort of secure
> tunnel, and SpamAssassin. The only change here is IMAP and I'm thinking
> that will fix the general issue of having subfolders for spam,
> filtering, etc, and allow me to have both my server mail checking (mutt)
> and home mail checking be in sync.
You'll leave all your mail on the server? It's a good idea to only
have one copy, as you've seen. I personally wouldn't like to give up
mail processing (mostly searching) via command line tools, so I keep
the master copy on my local workstation (which is backed up, unlike
the server, and is always on with a static IP address, like the
server).
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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