-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 March 2004 09:12 am, Nigel Wade wrote: > Charles Howse wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > > > While reading another thread, I remembered I had no custom preferences > > for spamassassin, and decided to create some. > > > > I use the default settings for starting spamassassin at boot, and the > > following filters in KMail: > > 1. In KMail menus, select Settings->Configure Filters > > 2. Create a new filter with filter criteria: > > <any header> matches regular expression . > > (the regular expression is just the character "." meaning > > "any character") > > and filter action: > > pipe through spamc > > Uncheck the box "stop processing if this filter matches" > > 3. Add a second filter below the one created in step 2, with criteria: > > <any header> contains X-Spam-Flag: YES > > and action: > > move to folder trash > > (or whatever you want to do with your spam) > > check the "stop processing..." box > > > > These filters are working fine, with the exception of those html spams > > with all the random words in the body when viewed in text mode. > > > > I was just wondering if anyone would like to share some _generic_ > > preferences for ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs, or comment. > > The way to catch those is with Bayesian filtering. You need to teach the > Bayesian filter with sufficient messages so that it learns what is spam and > what is not (at least 1000 of each is a good rule of thumb for best > accuracy). For the sake of the original subject, I was interested in the user_prefs file. I'm periodically training it with sa -learn on the MissedSpam folder. I'll 'get there' sooner or later. I have never seen a false positive in my FilteredSpam folder, so I see no need to train it on what *is* spam. Am I wrong? > But if you are going to do spam filtering in the mail client, why not use > Mozilla/Firebird? It has Bayesian filtering built in, and it's pretty good > once it's been taught. It's much easier to teach than SA for a single user > - a single mouse click is all that's required for each message. I'm using Mozilla Firebird 0.7, and don't see a built in mail client...? - -- Charles Howse Jackson, TN Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAXxdV/S+VsB9RMKgRAj91AKCNV9bgC0ZEwRInpsUP4e+HSgzGQQCdEcQP 6+THbRrUW1q73lNGrD4ayBM= =snmQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
