I respectfully disagree with Bob. SpamAssassin is flexible and great, especially when matched with amavisd-new.
Check out here for some additional ideas: http://www.flakshack.com/anti-spam/ I did this for Linux per On Tue, 25 May 2004 16:48:53 -0700, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
