Re: Procmail and spamassassin

From: Jamie Hushower <hushower@alaska-geeks.com>
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 09:53:43 AKST

Thanks for the quick reply. Maybe that is a better approach; delete the
larger portion of the user's SPAM to make the possible false positives
more manageable. And with that threshold, I might as well give everyone
the benefit. I'm on the upgrade. Thanks.

-Jamie

Arthur Corliss wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Jamie Hushower wrote:
>
>
>>Against recommendations, I have an email user that wants mail marked by
>>spamassassin deleted at the server. Can anyone recommend a solution? I'm
>>using Postfix 2.0.11 and spamassassin 2.44-11. I have no experience with
>>procmail recipes...
>
>
> I do this for the more aggregious scoring spams, having never seen a false
> positive that scored higher than 10. The rule is as simple as:
>
> # Wipe spam with a score of 10 or higher
> :0:
> * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes.+hits=[1-9][0-9]\.[0-9]
> /dev/null
>
> BTW, I'd highly recommend updating your SpamAssassin installation. You'll
> gain some performance improvements along with improved bayesian support, etc.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
> Digital Mages -- http://www.digitalmages.com/
> "Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
>
>

-- 
Jamie Hushower
Computer Consultant
Rent-A-Geek
223-9136
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