On Sunday 08 December 2002 5:44 pm, Andreas Gunleikskaas wrote:
> I've been testing qpsmtp tonight and like it very much, but i have a couple
> of questions.
>
> #1
> SpamAssasin appends the X-Spam-Status header which is good, because then it
> is up to the user if he want to filter it. But not all e-mail clients have
> a header-filter function. I checked out Outlook Express (don't have it) and
> Outlook XP (have it). Is there any way to let users with clients who don't
> have header-filter detect the marked spam from spamassasin? Anyone have a
> list of clients that support/don't support header-filter?
In your system wide 10_misc.cf file there should be several lines at the
bottom that are commented out; uncommenting these lines will tell
spamassassin to add "*****SPAM*****" to the subject line of every message it
thinks is spam, you can filter on this. Most users don't like this however,
so I suggest doing it in the user specific config file for people who can't
filter on header lines (I haven't looked at Outlook Express for awhile, but I
thought it could do this.)
> #2
> I don't have the fortune program installed, but i see that v0.20 will check
> for that. It doesn't seem like a problem, but what is the function of the
> fortune program if i have it installed?
It just prints a random message about the universe, it's added more for fun
than anything and it's unlikely anyone but a geek will see it from an SMTP
server.
It's like this...
$ /usr/games/fortune
Consultant, n.:
[From con "to defraud, dupe, swindle," or, possibly, French con
(vulgar) "a person of little merit" + sult elliptical form of
"insult."] A tipster disguised as an oracle, especially one who
has learned to decamp at high speed in spite of a large briefcase
and heavy wallet.
Cheers,
--dag
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Alex Griffiths
http://www.unifiedcomputing.com/dag
