On Thu, 02 Apr 2015, Emanuel Berg <[email protected]> writes: > Enrico Schumann <[email protected]> writes: > >> When I used POP some years ago, what worked out of >> the box for me was using SpamAssassin as an external >> programme (spamc) during splitting, as described in >> the manual: > > I also use POP and I don't get that many spams: those > I get I am able to KILL which is helpful as they do > come back [1]. > > Are you saying POP compared to IMAP is more > susceptible to spam? Those are protocols that deal > with the client fetch of mail from the server. > > IMAP is more advanced, and so more complicated, but > I always thought them to be mere protocols - defining > the message syntax as well as the order and meaning of > exchanges (e.g., handshakes and so on) in different > situations, with no implications as to anti-spam. > > Or do you mean that particular methods, e.g. > SpamAssassin which you mention, only works with POP? > > If you get a lot of spam, perhaps it is easier and > more efficient to just get a new e-mail address which > is a bit unintuitive and which you never submit to web > services or publish verbatim on pages or in mails? > > For example, I always mention my address as > > embe8573 AT&T student DOS uu DOS se > > I don't know if that is clever but considering I have > a home page with that handle and that all addresses > are constructed according to that pattern, and besides > the amount of communication and the width of my public > interface, I'd say something must be working as again, > I don't get much spam. > > [1] http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/emacs-init/gnus/lamer.el
The original question was: what is an easy way to handle spam messages in Gnus? I pointed the OP to one relatively-easy way, which does not require much configuration in Gnus, as described in the manual. I specifically mentioned POP because the OP said he used POP, and the configuration may differ for an IMAP setup. -- Enrico Schumann Lucerne, Switzerland http://enricoschumann.net _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
