> I want to create a new server (initially a VMWare virtual machine) to
> run as a dspam (anti-spam) mail server. I want to try dspam as it is
> supposed to be much less power hungry than spamassassin (SA), and I am
> having problems with SA elsewhere handling any reasonable load.
Two very important things to note:
1. *READ* the README file. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. It
includes EVERYTHING you'll need to know to deploy dspam properly. I made
the mistake of setting it up by skimming through the README looking for
the "quick setup" instructions, and I really screwed up. Following it from
top-down, reading the entire file, made a huge difference.
2. Do not run dspam on any mail or against any mailboxes unless
you fully train it first with the ham/spam corpus. This is a necessary
step, if you want quality results from your anti-spam filter. I've seen
installations go wildly out of control because they either didn't train it
at all, or they trained it on a huge mailbox of spam, and not ham. You
need an equivalent pile of both. There are corpuses out there to use for
exactly this purpose. Use them.
David A. Desrosiers
Linux on Power Developer Program Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
Peterboro mailing list
[email protected]
https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
