> -----Original Message----- > From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:39 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: How To Kill Spam Dead? > > From: "Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Eric Lemings wrote: > >> How do I use SpamAssassin (along with any other necessary > mail software) > >> to kill spam dead? I mean so that it doesn't even reach > my mail spool > >> directory. > >> I've looked in FAQ after FAQ, site after site, book after > book, and the > >> closest thing to an answer that I've found is the chapter > in O'Reilly's > >> SpamAssassin book where it says you can use the > SpamAssassin score to > >> allow MIMEDefang (or other Milter) to bounce spam during the SMTP > >> transaction but doesn't specify how. > >> Any pointers, links, or info greatly appreciated. BTW I > use Sendmail as > >> my MTA. > >> Thanks, > >> Eric. > >> > > > > > > You could use procmail rules I guess, though a simpler > method would be to > > use something like MailScanner (http://www.mailscanner.info) > > The procmail rules needed are on the spamassassin wiki. I use procmail > here.
I read through these Procmail docs and all I found was how to filter spam -- that is, it's still passed through the delivery process. For certain levels of spam (as scored by SpamAssassin), I don't even want to see it. I want Sendmail (via a milter or whatever) to reject it completely. The Subject and Send may get logged for diagnostic purposes but other than that it doesn't get stored anywhere on the mail server. For less certain spam, I may deliver to a separate folder/mailbox for review which is what I have Sendmail (and associated mailing software) doing now. Thanks, Eric.
