On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:27:12 -0500
Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment:

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> OK, this really irritates me.  I have the latest spamassassin.  It is
> running in daemon mode.  I have procmail setup to /dev/null anything that
> is identified as spam.  I have trained the Bayesian filter (supposedly) to
> 
> identify certain messages as spam...BUT THEY KEEP GETTING THROUGH!
> 
> These are tricky html or other type of spam, they are plain text. 
> Generally they are viagra messages.  The one that really galls me is one
> that uses the name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" or "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" instead of the actual 
> proper
> spelling.  Nonetheless, this shouldn't matter...or so one would think.  
> 
> I have now run "sa-learn --spam --dir Mail/Spam/cur" twice on this
> message.  It comes back saying it "learned" from the message.  About 10
> minutes later that damn message is back and spamassassin let it come right
> through.  
> 
> What the hell?  I REALLY want to nuke the computer from which this comes. 
> I was doing so well there with nary a spam for weeks getting through, then
> 
> something inane and seemingly simple like this gets through inspite of 
> "teaching" spamassassin to recognize it as crap.
> 
> Since spamassassin appears to be falling down on the job, what would be a
> nice generic procmail recipe that would recognize EITHER iteration of
> viagra spelling (in the body or subject) and pass it, no pass go, to
> /dev/null?  I never ever ever want to see another damn viagra message of
> any kind ever again.  
> 
> Thank you for any aid in this endeavor.
> 
> praedor
> - -- 
> "Our ship is in the hands of pilots who are steering directly under full
> sail for a rock.  The whole crew may see this course to violate our
> liberties in full view if they look the right way."
> - --Samuel Adams, 1771
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By "latest" do you mean 2.55 or 2.60? 
With 2.60 you have to run "sa-learn --import" to update the Bayesian
database. 

Tim

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