At 8/4/2003 02:17 PM -0700, Mark H wrote: <snip> >What I CAN'T do is send an email to SA for training. Since I don't use shell mail at >all, there is really no way that I know to send email back from my home PC to SA, >with an indication that its spam, and the filters should be trained to recognize it.
Eudora mailbox format is standard mbox format. Save your spams you want learned to their own mailbox in Eudora, then transfer the .mbx file to the SA-enabled server and run sa-learn. # sa-learn --spam -C /path_to_your/spamassassin/local.cf --showdots --mbox temp.mbx >So... some suggestions. > >One idea (probably the most work) is to create a web interface to SA for end users. I >could change both black and white lists. To handle the training, perhaps I could set >Eudora to leave mail on the server for a day or two, and SA could show these to allow >me to mark them - black, white, or spam. Or perhaps SA could copy (and maybe >compact/excerpt) all incoming mail, store for a short time, so that when I copy an >email with its limited headers from Eudora into the web page, there is enough >information to identify the original mail with full information for filter training. > >Another scheme would be to let me forward email to SA (a special account), with some >instructions to tell SA that this piece of mail is to be white listed, black listed, >or is spam. > >Not being an engineer, I'm don't want to solve the problem. But it IS a PROBLEM. >Spam seems to be getting smarter by the day, with more and more emails marked 3.9, or >4.5, just getting through the SA filter. > >And I have no convenient way to use the more sophisticated features of SA. Your suggestions are valid but they should really be directed to your mail admin. All the stuff you mention is going to be fairly specific to your mail provider's setup. There are many tools already available for them to make your life easier, although often even the available tools need to be customized based on specific needs. The time of SA developers is better spent focusing on the specific task that SA is meant to perform (analyze a mail message for spam content). Even the actual program known as spamassassin still needs to be configured to work with individual mail transfer applications, usually requiring another program to actually invoke it (procmail, spamc/spamd, amavis, etc etc.). You have to actually "wire" it into your existing (or new) setup. Cheers, -Max ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
