Re: I have an idea (was Re: [Evolution] Bogofilter? The fight against spam continues...)

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

> Now what if I could do this.. How about a filter that says "any email
> that comes from someone on my ADDRESS LIST, is left alone (stop
> processing)"? I would put that rule right above my spam filters so all
> emails would be processed properly, and any remaining miscellaneous
> email from trusted sources would sit in the inbox, while untrusted
> emails would go directly to a spam box, which I would inspect before
> deleting/expunging.

FWIW, I think this is in the bug list already.

> Quite the foolproof spam busting technique, no?

Not entirely, but fairly reliable.

> So far I do not see how to implement an "any email that comes from
> someone on my ADDRESS LIST, is left alone (stop processing)" rule.
> Suggestions?
>
>
> -- Steve
>
> On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 07:42, Erlend Simonsen wrote:
> > Seeing as I get well over 200 spam emails a day, naturally spam
> > filtering is a pretty big thing for me. ;-) Has anyone considered adding
> > support for bogofilter or one of the spin offs from that project to
> > Evolution?
> >
> > I'd love having a filtering rule that interfaced to bogofilter, as well
> > as updating the filters statistics when I read an email or move it to a
> > spam marked folder. 
> >     
> > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/bogofilter/
> >
> > Possible to do at all? 
> >
> > Regards,
> > Erlend Simonsen
> >
> >
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