> I've been MEANING to look into getting some sort of spam filter set up > on my mail server for quite a while now, but I've never quite gotten > around to it. Now I'm getting around to it. :) > > I've heard of filters that can "learn" what is and isn't spam by having > you feed it anything you consider spam. What are people's experiences > with them? Are the useful/reliable? Any problems with false > negatives/positives? > > Assuming that it is a useful way of dealing with spam, what's the best > way to implement it? I'm currently using exim as my MTA and courier-imap > (with a Maildir) to store and access the mail. What else would be needed > in order to implement the filter? > --
You can use spamassasin v.1.5 or better or bogofilter. they are both very effective at "learning" about spam. see packages spamc or spamassassin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]