>-----Original Message----- >From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 11:10 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: SpamAssassin help > > >From: "Robert Menschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "lloe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Hello lloe, >> >> Tuesday, September 7, 2004, 9:47:13 AM, you wrote: >> >> l> Hello Fellow Users, >> >> l> When I saw Don's email " How neophytes without mastery of >> l> computers can use spamassassin. " I felt that I am >someone who is also >> l> in Don's shoes. >> >> My impression wasn't that Don was a neophyte, unable to get >SA to work, >> but rather he had users whom he wanted to do their own >tuning, and those >> users couldn't figure out how. >> >> Your problem is different. > >When I saw Lucille's note I sort of felt sorry for her. If her level >of expertise is Windows 98 I must admire her persistence in getting >it working at all. And off hand I do not think it is possible to get >it working smoothly for things like training without a Linux box or >some of the commercial software that is "powered by SpamAssassin." >OE in any version is very much unsuitable for use in an environment >that requires interactive SpamAssassin training, though. That makes >life hard for her. > >> l> I am a fairly new person to PCs and do not feel strong enough in >> l> knowledge to understand what and how I need to >personalize any of the >> l> SpamAssassin modules. >> >> To start with, SpamAssassin is /not/ designed to be set up >or managed by >> someone without in-depth knowledge of the system SA runs on. It's not >> "plug and play."
I am now officially calling myself jaded. I didn't respond to this particular post because I thought it was a troll. HTML email with the craziest to read of fonts. Asking about a 98 client. Sorry but it just screamed "SPAM TROLL" trying to waste our time. Maybe it wasn't, but I'm jaded :) I have a few issues with the whole situation that was posted. My main one is: Antispam should NOT happen at the client! It should happen at the ISP level. Otherwise POP3 or IMAP has already downloaded the stupid thing. Whats the sense in that? SO you don't have to read it, big whoop! Still took up your time already. ISPs need to make it easier for home users. Secondly, SAproxy has always lagged behind SA as far as versions go. The sourcecode is free. However if you can't figure out that SAproxy can't be upgraded pluging in SA code, then you shouldn't go anywhere near sourcecode. So my answer to lloe and any other end user is simple, TELL YOUR ISP TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Like use SA for example :) --Chris (jaded)
