Re: [SLUG] Re: spamassassin installation

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Sun Jun 18 2006 - 10:47:45 EDT


On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Paul M Foster wrote:

> 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.

Well, I have a low annoyance threshold for that kind of thing. I
fast-forward through ads on TV too, and really want one of those gizmos that
turns off TVs that blast ads at you all the time in malls and medical
offices.

> I get 500 pieces a day, half of which is spam.

You need the antispam equivalent of nuclear weapons.

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