From: "Rick Macdougall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Irina wrote:
>
> >Thank you all for answering me.
> >
> >I found one link that may be very interesting
> >(http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/CustomRulesets)
> >
> >
> >
> >I first should mention, I am a new SUBSCRIBER, not a new user to SA. I
have
> >been using it for a couple of years. Over that period I have created
> >thousands of LOCAL_ rules (if I go and grep on describe or score in
> >/etc/mail/spamassassin.... :-). If you only saw my MISSPELLES. The bad
> >thing I was not writing it professionally, as I used \d+ for example, or
too
> >many | inside one rule. In short, they work, but not polished.
> >
> >What I found that creating own rules can be so competitive with a new
spam
> >coming in. As you know spam messages change every minute or so. What I
am
> >trying to achieve? Free up my time. There are few things I've thought
> >about.
> >
> >I have been collecting spam (before discarding) for almost a month.
Wrote a
> >little program to rewrite LOCAL_ rules that were found and will not
recreate
> >the ones that were not caught. And I am about to redo all.
> >
> >Next, I thought if there is a place for automatic uploading rules, then
may
> >be notifying me and I would reload SA. That is what I asked in my email.
> >It is bad that I want to free up my time by using somebody else's rules.
> >Sorry, but may be someone shares.
> >
> >I also have NOT used Bayes. Don't know how safe it is. Would I just
submit
> >a spam message and I don't have to anything else, or ham the same way?
Not
> >sure.
> >
> >Thank you again.
> >Let me know what you think.
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Irina,
> You should not feel bad for using the RDJ rulesets (other people's
> rules) and you should also look into using Bayes as it can help
> dramatically.
Proud is a term that comes to mind if they work. And if she has gotten
at all adept at it maybe she'd like to at least kibitz the SARE process
and submit new rules ideas she has.
{^_-} Joanne
