[ale] SpamAssasin Testing

[Christopher Fowler]

Here is what I added to the top of my .procmailrc
:0:
* ^Subject.*[SPAM]*
| sa-learn --spam


So I forward the email to myself and add [SPAM] to the subject line.


On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 21:06, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> Yes!  I have a "spam at ibb.gatech.edu" mail user, and
> all email sent there automatically gets passed to
> 'sa-learn --spam' (along w/a few more options).  Check
> out the site-wide option.  I configured a spam user
> and stored all the bayesian stuff under it's
> .spamassassin folder.
> 
> BTW, since (4:30) I added this account and some of the
> rules from http://www.rulesemporium.com/, I've
> received 80 spam messages, and only 3 have slipped
> through.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> jonathan Glass
> --- Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> wrote:
> > Is there a way to teach spamassasin by sending it
> > email?
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 17:13, James P. Kinney III
> > wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 16:02, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> > > > Since my last email, I've received about 400
> > spam, and
> > > > still about 50% are getting through the filters.
> >  I
> > > > just added some more rules, and will let you
> > know how
> > > > it goes the rest of the evening and weekend.
> > > > 
> > > Sounds like a normal 4-5 hours around here :)
> > > 
> > > Seriously, the volume that SA was letting through
> > is why I fought my way
> > > through the DSPAM setup. The quarantine was worth
> > the time I spent
> > > getting it going. It was getting to be more
> > maintenance time that I
> > > could afford to keep tweaking the SA rules. The
> > statistics rules that
> > > DSPAM uses seem to be very effective and MUCH less
> > of a hassle to
> > > maintain. It's really good for my less-technically
> > inclined clients.
> > > They just look at a web page for oops and send
> > spam that slipped through
> > > to a special address. It has really solve some
> > issues for a client who
> > > was getting his email mirrored to his blackberry.
> > About once a week the
> > > spam flood that SA was missing would lock his
> > blackberry account for
> > > being too full. He had no way of deleting the crap
> > from the holding
> > > spool with out a browser. Now, he may have some
> > stuff marked as spam and
> > > dropped in quarantine by mistake, but all the good
> > stuff he's seen gets
> > > through and once he checks the DSPAM quarantine,
> > the new, good stuff
> > > does as well.
> > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > 
> > > > Jonathan Glass
> > > > 
> > > > --- Jonathan Glass <jonathanbglass at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > Thanks all!  In the last 10 hours, I've
> > received a
> > > > > little over 250 spam messages, and SA caught
> > 130 and
> > > > > let 120 through.  I guess I need to do a
> > little more
> > > > > tweaking.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Would you guys mind leaving that forwarding on
> > > > > through
> > > > > Monday?  That'll give me time to tinker this
> > > > > weekend.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks much!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Jonathan Glass
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- Christopher Fowler
> > <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > enjoy the flood
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 20:36, Jonathan Glass
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > Would you guys mind forwarding some spam
> > to my
> > > > > > work
> > > > > > > address?  I'm tweaking my Spamassassin
> > settings
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > would appreciate any help testing it.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > work address:
> > jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > TIA!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > jonathan glass
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
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