Hi Sherry, >> My computer guru just installed in our the server we use. I was dubious, but it's really worked.
Glad to hear it's worked well for you. It's saved me *so* much time manually sorting the real mails from the spam. Setting up rules in your mail client for common spam terms is a real poor solution compared to SA - it isn't fooled by spammers who try to hide common spam terms. As you might have seen, SA works on a "points" system, and runs various tests on the message then adds up the "points" to see if it's over the spam threshold. If it sees "mortgage" in an email for example, it might give it 1 point - it's a common spam term but just because an email contains the word "mortgage" isn't a definite sign that it's spam. However, if the spammer tries to hide it (for example, a HTML email containing "mort<!--3ddsf9-->gage", SpamAssassin still spots it, and gives a much higher spam rating for that. Just to show how comprehensive SA is at spotting spam, I've uploaded a sample of the results for one spam email, at http://www.preshweb.co.uk/satag.php for any of you that want to see how it does it. By the way I have no connections with SpamAssassin other than the amount of time and frustration it's saved me! >> PS: David, you have the neatest name. :-) Thank you! Dave P -- David Precious http://www.preshweb.co.uk/ ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
