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03-14-2006, 12:24 PM
Hello,
I've finally had to implement SpamAssassin. It seems to work pretty well. I've configured the SpamAssassin to change the subject line of the email to say POSSIBLE SPAM****.
This way, my Spam filter in Thunderbird can automatically filter it to my Junk Folder in Thunderbird.
I also have webmail users accessing their mailboxes. This is the real reason that I've taken the measure. Webmail access is almost pointless these days with so much SPAM.
With the options of Neomail, Horde, and Squirrelmail - the webmail users will see the SPAM messages in their Inboxes (though the Phrase Possible SPAM is in the subject line).
I've figured out that it's best to have the webmail users use Horde because there are filtering options available. You can create a folder called INBOX.Spam, and then create a new filter that checks to see if the field X-SPAM-Status contains Yes, and if so deliver the message to the INBOX.Spam folder.
This filter runs each time the inbox is loaded on all messages (though it's confiigurable to only run on unread messages).
This provides a solution for both the POP Email clients, as well as, Webmail clients without a solution for one type of access impacting the other type of access.
Note: The webmail clients should clean the INBOX.Spam folder out occassionally to keep the mailbox file from exceeding quota.
I hope this helps someone else.
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I've finally had to implement SpamAssassin. It seems to work pretty well. I've configured the SpamAssassin to change the subject line of the email to say POSSIBLE SPAM****.
This way, my Spam filter in Thunderbird can automatically filter it to my Junk Folder in Thunderbird.
I also have webmail users accessing their mailboxes. This is the real reason that I've taken the measure. Webmail access is almost pointless these days with so much SPAM.
With the options of Neomail, Horde, and Squirrelmail - the webmail users will see the SPAM messages in their Inboxes (though the Phrase Possible SPAM is in the subject line).
I've figured out that it's best to have the webmail users use Horde because there are filtering options available. You can create a folder called INBOX.Spam, and then create a new filter that checks to see if the field X-SPAM-Status contains Yes, and if so deliver the message to the INBOX.Spam folder.
This filter runs each time the inbox is loaded on all messages (though it's confiigurable to only run on unread messages).
This provides a solution for both the POP Email clients, as well as, Webmail clients without a solution for one type of access impacting the other type of access.
Note: The webmail clients should clean the INBOX.Spam folder out occassionally to keep the mailbox file from exceeding quota.
I hope this helps someone else.
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