At 09:22 AM 10/17/2003, Jorge Arellano Cid wrote:
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
spamassassin is attached to dillo-dev now. Every message considered as spam will be deleted without notice.
I'm a bit concerned about that. From the SpamAssassin FAQ: http://spamassassin.taint.org/faq/index.cgi?req=show&file=faq01.010.htp
1.10. Is it sensible to simply delete all mail that SpamAssassin marks as being spam?
In general, no. While SpamAssassin is very good at picking out a large proportion of spam, it's impossible for a computer to do this job perfectly. You should only delete mail if you (and your users/customers) would find it acceptable to lose mail that might be legitimate. A much better idea is to filter possible spam into a separate folder that can be checked less frequently than the normal mailbox.
I've been using SpamAssassin for well over a year now. While it's very effective, there are occasionally false positives (fewer now than there used to be, but they haven't disappeared completely). If it's possible with Mailman, I'd suggest quarantining mail that SpamAssassin labels, rather than deleting it outright. Kelson Vibber www.hyperborea.org