I don't simply tag the mail. Anything that scores at 5 or higher is tagged for
the user to delete themselves if it arrives in their inbox. If it scores at 10
or higher I have the system delete it automatically - no one ever see's it.
I started to introduce it to them three years ago when our spam level was a
few anoying porns a week. At that time it was set to tag only. Since starting
spam grew and removal was required. We refuse connections and delete enough
that approximatly 60%-75% of incoming is tossed.
To date I have not had a single complaint that we are "loosing" mail. Just the
ocasional that someone can't send to us because they have been blacklisted.
The answer to that has been a steadfast "get it fixed". No problems at all
otherwise.
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: "jdow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <users@spamassassin.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Question on using SpamAssassin at a college?
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:55:07 -0700
> Kevin, if you simply mark the mail as spam and do no further processing
> after SpamAssassin there is no censorship involved. All you're doing is
> telling the recipient that this mail is probably spam. With a little
> experience the users will figure out how to sort their email so that
> the egregious spam is tossed into the bin right away and the "maybe"
> stuff is put into a separate mail folder for human scanning by the
> account holder. What's to whine about censorship with something like
> that?
>
> {O.O}
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin W. Gagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > Matt,
> > See http://avas.cnc.bc.ca for what were doing here. We are only sitewide
> and
> > do not yet have individual settings available. But we are a college and
> all
> > email is scanned. I setup this site to answer questions that my users
> might
> > have and explain how things are setup. I figured informing them before
> they
> > asked was a good way to keep people from screaming sensorship...
> >
> > ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > Hi,
> > > Does anyone have experience with using spamassassin and rule sets at a
> > > college environment? We'd like to block just mail that is one
> > > hundred percent spam, and not risk blocking false positives. Any
> > > thoughts or ideas?
> >
> > =========================
> > Kevin W. Gagel
> > Network Administrator
> > Information Technology Services
> > (250) 561-5848 local 448
>
>
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Kevin W. Gagel
Network Administrator
Information Technology Services
(250) 561-5848 local 448
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