On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 22:07 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> > I want SpamAssassin to be trained with all my mail. I tried to do this
> > by having SpamAssassin auto-learn from all mail, so I would only have to
> > retrain it with those messages that it gets wrong (which I can do with
> > Evolution's Junk/Not Junk buttons). This can't be done, due to what is
> > quoted above. I think there's a similar issue with auto-learning ham.
>
> The way this is handle usually is to manually run sa-learn on batches of
> ham and spam email. If this is done with a good sample in the first
> week or two of starting to use spamassassin you normally get a good base
> line and get very good results. Occasional training sessions will
> maintain things. About every two weeks I run a script that processes
> all spam I received. I run my inbox through less often. By manually
> doing this I get a chance to do a quick review looking for false
> positives. Anymore I don't spend much time on spam.
>
> And if you are running your own MTA server you can eliminate 99% of your
> spam before every having to invoke spamassassin by implementing
> greylisting.
>
> Seriously, it works that well.
Around here I create a "Spam", "Whitelist" and "Blacklist" folder
for the users. When spam is manually caught, all you have to do is drag
it over to "Blacklist" where the server will pick it up, about every
hour or so, and learn it as such. The reverse is true for things that
get caught, and you want to keep those mails coming.
Funny thing, though: I can't remember ever having a 'keeper' getting
marked as spam (false positive).
If you (or anyone else) wants this simple little script, I'd be
happy to send it to you, just let me know. It runs on the server side
and has been updated to work with SA 3.0.2.
And that way you get the same effect as the 'junk' mechanism in
Evolution, no matter what client you're using!
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