Re: [Evolution] spamassassin

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur alexion com>]

On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 09:58, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> fre, 2002-12-27 kl. 14:43 skrev Arthur S. Alexion:
> 
> > Finally got spamd/spamassassin configured and working, and it is a truly
> > nice piece of software.  For a couple of days, I kept the
> > ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file open in an editor and tweaked the
> > white/black lists, and now it seems to be extremely accurate.
> > 
> > But I don't run my own mail server, so, while the program excels at
> > segregating and quarantining spam, it is a shame that I will continue to
> > need to waste downloading and processing time on the garbage.  I still
> > have not figured out how to use spamassassin to prevent or stop the spam
> > from coming to me in the first place.
> > 
> > This brings me to the question, is there a way, using the evolution
> > rules, to automate a bounce of the message every time it is determined
> > by spamassissin to be spam?
> 

> It's the job of the smtp mailserver to allow or deny mail domains.

> There's absolutely no way Evo could reject spam before it receives it.
> in your mail box.

Thanks, Tony.

Perhaps this is clearer as to what I want to do.  Kmail can generate a
bounce that appears to be sent from the mail server.  Normally, this can
be done manually, but I can set its filters (rules) so that mail
spamassassin detects as spam is first "bounced" and then moved to a
"spam" folder.

While the mail is not actually rejected, it appears to the spammer as if
it was sent to a non-existent address on the server.  If the spammer is
gathering and using this information, it thinks that the address is
"dead" and deletes it from its database.  It is a way of unsubscribing.

Can I do the same in evolution?
-- 
Arthur S. Alexion <arthur alexion com>
Arthur S. Alexion LLC