RE: [SAtalk] Re: An Open Letter to the SA-talk forum

2003-11-26 Thread John Parken
his explanation, his work product seems fatally flawed. Personally, I think that Logan's explanation for his poor journalistic effort is just as weak as his initial work product after whatever effect his copy editor may have had on it. /s/ John Parken > -Original Message- &

[SAtalk] Meaning of spamassassin -a option

2003-11-23 Thread John Parken
Through the news.spamassassin.org site I found what looks like a good way for Outlook users to get spam (and ham) into the Bayes sa-learn.  Dan Kohn suggestions is at ─ http://www.dankohn.com/archives/000323.html.   After special handling for mail previously processed by SA that is now be

RE: [SAtalk] Moving SPAM to a separate Mailbox

2003-10-27 Thread John Parken
The .procmailrc "rule" to send mail determined by SA to be spam is pretty easy - :0: * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes /home/user/Mail/spam In other words, if the X-Spam-Status header (added by SA) is "Yes", then the mail is delivered to the "spam" mailbox specified in the path (your path my of course be di

RE: Re[2]: [SAtalk] Newbie: Adding Rules To SpamAssassin

2003-09-23 Thread John Parken
When I run - spamassassin -d --lint on my newly created local.cf file, I get "Command not Found" as the only reply. Does that mean there is a problem or that the test proceeded to the end of the file? /s/ John --- This sf.net email is spo

RE: Re[2]: [SAtalk] Newbie: Adding Rules To SpamAssassin

2003-09-23 Thread John Parken
> Head for http://www.exit0.us and > http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/sa_rules.htm -- you'll > find plenty of rules there that will give you a good start at building > your own rule base, including my own V-drug body test which can be easily > converted into a subject header test

RE: [SAtalk] Newbie: Adding Rules To SpamAssassin

2003-09-23 Thread John Parken
Robert: Thanks for the help. > Something like > > body RM_b_V-drug/V[Ii1\|[EMAIL PROTECTED]/i > but for the subject, right? Yes, this is along the lines of what I wanted since, at least my version of SA, has only a rudimentary test in the body, which does not of ourse address the Subject li

[SAtalk] Newbie: Adding Rules To SpamAssassin

2003-09-19 Thread John Parken
e I guess, because it confuses the heck out of me. I need the syntax for rules and the location where they go (for systems-wide use). Your help in pointing me in the correct direction would be most appreciated. /s/ John Parken ---