Bob Apthorpe wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:59:13 -0800 Mike D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anyone know how to config spamassassin to delete messages with a score above a certain threshold?
This question gets asked every 3-5 days and really ought to be in the FAQ.
Agreed, and it should probably be a pointer to entry 1.10 "Is it sensible to simply delete all mail that SpamAssassin marks as being spam?"
Answers generally focus on:
a) procmail
b) how SpamAssassin only tags but doesn't delete mail, and
c) how automatically deleting mail is probably a really bad idea
d) how this question is better answered by using the mailing list archive. :)
or:
e) If you're not familiar enough with your mail server's operation to figure this out on your own, you shouldn't be auto-deleting.
It sounds harsh, but if you've administered a mail server for any length of time, you'll have determined how to remove high-scoring emails (particularly in *your* configuration). If you've just recently been made the de-facto administrator, and have managed to install SA, congratulations. You're probably trying to find a quick solution to someone complaining about "why can't you just stop all the spam?", but you're probably better off struggling with it for a while, until you fully understand the situation.
I didn't always know enough about my mail server to be able to configure it to drop high-scoring emails. Now that I do know enough about the server, and about SA, I do *not* drop high scoring emails.
--Rich
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