Michael Leone wrote: > Philip Mak said: >> An off-topic query concerning spamassassin: >> >> Can it be set to delete spam automatically (I'm not so interested in >> just *marking* spam, because if it only marks spam I still have to >> sift through it), without getting too many false positives? > > No. The next version of SA - due out this week - removes the > capability to do delivery of email, so you'll have to rely on procmail > or maildrop to do delivery or deletion. > > And there's no way to delete "without getting too many false > positives" - you either delete things marked as spam, or not delete. > It's not really conditional. :-) > > You do run the risk of losing legitimate mail if you delete. If you > don't, ... well, you should be able to tell legit mail merely by > quickly looking at the subject lines. No need to read the mail.
However, with SA you'd probably be safe sending anything with a score over 15 or 20 to /dev/null -- maybe even 10. I prefer not to delete anything - but I also receive spam reports and stuff to my address occasionally, so I can't run the risk of accidentally deleting one of those. -- Will Yardley input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . >
