Its been suggested before ... You could just use an external app, and link it in the same way the spamassasin stuff is normally linked in.
I still think doing it at the server end is the way to go though, otherwise you have to waste time downloading the message anyway. On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 03:42, Jim Frost wrote: > I didn't have time to check the archives thoroughly but I'm somewhat > surprised nobody has put a Bayesian spam filter or something like that > into Evolution. I'd kill for that. I'd do it myself if I had the time, > but I really don't. > > Anyway, in case this spurs someone to do some work, I did spend some > time working on an imap server based bayesian system. The idea was that > with imap the folders are all on the server and I can easily create a > special "spam" folder that users can drag and drop spam into, and use > their personal folders for the not-spam side of things. My system was > rebuilding the databases every once in awhile out of cron but with a > built-in system you could do it as-you-go (which would be cool). > > This was drop-dead simple to use from the user's point of view (my goal > was that my wife should be able to use it without my help). The > downfall was that I haven't had the time to get the delivery stuff > working and integrated into my mail delivery system. > > Apple's mail client with Jaguar (OSX 10.2) does something more or less > like this, but instead of a spam folder there's a "this is spam" > button. And instead of moving probable spam into a special folder it > colorizes them or destroys them (at your option). In some ways I like > this, but I would kind of like to be able to go in and edit the spam > template messages so I think I'd still rather have a spam folder and > have colorization or prioritization versus a trash folder as an option. > > Anyway, if anyone has time to work on something like this I bet a ton of > people would love it. I sure would. In fact, I'd pay money if this > feature were an add-on ala Exchange connectivity (hint). I'd also pay > money for a Windows version of Evolution (hint hint) so I didn't have to > switch to Outlook whenever I have to use Windows. > > I note that I looked into spamassassin, which seems to be the preferred > technique using an external filter, and I really dislike its rule-based > system. Way too many false positives, and a lot of work to set up and > maintain too. Spam filtering would be a great integrated feature and > doesn't look like it'd be a lot of work to implement. > > jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
