Re: anti-spam

From: Doug Holtz (dholtz_at_wi.rr.com)
Date: 05/28/03 

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 01:54:30 GMT

<jbuchana@buchanan1.net> wrote in message
news:RrUAa.1045337$S_4.1048641@rwcrnsc53...
> In comp.os.linux.admin Drew M <drew.mcbee@tradesmeninternational.com>
wrote:
> > I need to pick a nice anti-spam "product". I've briefly looked at
> > Spam-Assasin, and theres and plugin for it for SquirrelMail, but I'm
> > confused about what will work best. Does anyone have and good/bad
> > experiences with any anti-spam apps?
>
> I use Spamassasin and love it. It catches most of my spam. A little
> leaks through, but not much. It's not too hard to set up either.
>
> Just go to:
>
> http://www.spamassassin.org/
>
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I'm running Red Hat 7.3 also with updated kernels. I use POP3 only from my
ISP. Will spamassassin block spam for this type of mail?

Doug

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