Re: [SAtalk] Good for 50%??

2003-10-07 Thread David M. Carney
el Quinlan wrote: > David M. Carney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I installed Spamassassin version 2.60 a few days ago. I don't get a lot of > > spam, but I do get some. > > > > So far, Spamassassin has only caught half the spam hitting my mailbox. I

[SAtalk] Good for 50%??

2003-10-06 Thread David M. Carney
I installed Spamassassin version 2.60 a few days ago. I don't get a lot of spam, but I do get some. So far, Spamassassin has only caught half the spam hitting my mailbox. I have saved the spam that has gotten through and did a "sa-learn --spam " on the saved spam. Is 50% normal, or is there somet

[SAtalk] 50% Spam Reduction Rate

2003-10-06 Thread David M. Carney
I've only had spamassassin installed and operating for about 2 days. I don't normally get a lot of spam, but it only seems to be stopping about half of all the spams that hit my mailbox. My ~/.procmailrc file is pretty much the sample that comes with the docs. I am doing sa-learn on all the spam

[SAtalk] sa-learn

2003-10-05 Thread David M. Carney
Hello all. I'm a real spamassassin newbie. I'm using spamassassin version 2.60. My mail is stored in /var/mail/david. I recently received three non-spams. So I thought I give sa-learn a tryout. This is what I did: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sa-learn --ham --mbox /var/mail/david Learned from 0 message

[SAtalk] Forgot the script

2003-10-04 Thread David M. Carney
Ooops. I got interrupted and forgot the script in my last post. Here it is: # SpamAssassin sample procmailrc # # Pipe the mail through spamassassin (replace 'spamassassin' with 'spamc' # if you use the spamc/spamd combination) # # The condition line ensures that only messages smaller than 250 kB #

[SAtalk] Does it Work?

2003-10-04 Thread David M. Carney
Hello all. I just installed spamassassin. I used the sample ~/.procmailrc file. I see the lines spamassassin adds to each received email header. Si I thought I'd give it a little test and turn off the spam filters on one of the pop3 servers I use to get my email. This server usually gets a medio