On Tuesday 24 February 2004 01:21 pm, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > > I've spent lots of time playing with SA and various BL's, but I'm > thinking it's at it's limits of effectiveness. > > NOTHING is or will be better than SpamAssassin because it is, at its core, a > scoring system. If someone invents a better method of checking spam, you > simply install it as one more test for SA and weight the heck out of it.
Assuming you are right, how do I add a new check to SA using an external program without a lot of programming effort or having to become an SA guru? RTFM works when TFM is organized and readable, so at least spare me that. > It's possible someone could develop a better scoring system based SPAM > checker but with the lead time SA has had and the stability and following it > has, it would be ludicrous to try and outseat a free, open-source piece of > software such as SA. > > Regards, > KAM I'm not sure I agree with this argument. The world is full of products and companies that beat established and respected predecessors. I'd much rather still be using WordPerfect, but guess what B$ I have to use at work? Andy Johnson _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang

