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- <li><em>date</em>: Sat May 22 08:48:54 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)</li>
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On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 08:22, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> Since this last message, I've received 397 more
> messages; 394 were filtered, and 3 made it to my
> inbox.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their help. You can feel free
> to turn off the forwarding now. :)
>
> I visited <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rulesemporium.com/";>http://www.rulesemporium.com/</a> and downloaded
> all their rules, and dropped them in
> /etc/mail/spamassassin. I then followed the steps at
> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stearns.org/doc/spamassassin-setup.current.html";>http://www.stearns.org/doc/spamassassin-setup.current.html</a>
> to configure the spamtrap and hamtrap users.
>
> I ran spamassassin -d --lint to check for any typos,
> then sent the HUP signal to spamd. Voila! 99.24% of
> spam caught.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Jonathan Glass
>
> --- Jonathan Glass <jonathanbglass at yahoo.com> 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 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rulesemporium.com/";>http://www.rulesemporium.com/</a>, 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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