Re: anti-spam

jbuchana_at_buchanan1.net
Date: 05/28/03 

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 02:09:42 GMT

In comp.os.linux.redhat Doug Holtz <dholtz@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> 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?

Well, that depends.

If you pop your mail with fetchmail or something similar that injects
it into a local Linux mail spool, where it is delivered with procmail,
then it is really easy to add spamassassin.

You just add these lines to you .procmailrc file:

:0fw: spamassassin.lock
| /home/<your_home>/sausr/bin/spamassassin

:0:
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
in_spamassassin

Of course, you've installed spamassassin in ~/sausr/bin

Then all (most) of your spam is dumped into ~/Mail/in_spamassassin
instead of your regular mail spoool.

If you are popping your mail with Netscape or similar, then
spamassassin isn't the solution for you... 

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