Re: [SLUG] Re: spamassassin installation

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Sun Jun 18 2006 - 10:17:12 EDT


Eben King wrote:
<snip>

>> It's really better to set those options up in the
>> /etc/default/spamassassin file, under the OPTIONS= line. You can also
>> have the spamassassin daemon run by setting the ENABLED=1 setting in
>> that file. Then, in your procmailrc, instead of having
>> | spamassassin
>> in your recipe, change it to:
>> | spamc
>> This runs vastly faster than just calling spamassassin every time
>> procmail has to feed it an email.
>
> I don't get that much mail (looks like 22 on the 17th and 5 on the 18th
> -- I unsubscribed from the spamassassin list), and I'd rather not have
> spamd eating up memory and/or swap continuously. If I got lots of mail
> each day, I'd definitely change my tune.
>
> I'll look into that avenue of setting options.
>

Holy crap! If I only got 20 pieces of mail a day, I wouldn't even worry
about spamassassin. I get 500 pieces a day, half of which is spam.

-- 
Paul M. Foster
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