FYI, I have discovered that some of the patches on the kernel mailing list
can trigger enough of the SARE rules to be declared as spam. The worst case
is one patch that made it to 14.9. I've had spams off that list that scored
less.
{^_-}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin W. Gagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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
> >
> >
>
> =========================
> Kevin W. Gagel
> Network Administrator
> Information Technology Services
> (250) 561-5848 local 448
>
>
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> Virus scanning is done on all incoming and outgoing email.
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