Re: [Evolution] junk filtering

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > > Yep. Blame spamassassin ;-) This is used by evolution to filter junk.
> > > Tweak spamassassin to your likings and evolution will follow.
>
> > When activating the "Include remote tests", does it activate
> > Spamassassin only? 
>
> AFAIK this actually is an option of spamassassin that is toggled by
> evolution.

True. Enabling remote tests will check a bunch or blacklists and general
SA built-in tests that require accessing remote servers. This will
dramatically increase Spam detection rate, but it will result in longer
processing time per mail as well.


> > > Although only one in about 2-4 weeks gets through, it's all in the
> > > tweaking (and learning) of spamassassin.
> >
> > Where is the tweaking done?

You should make sure to train the SA built-in Bayes filter. Bayes will
kick in once SA learned 200 Spams and Hams (non Junk) *each*. (Please
see a bunch of other posts by me explaining this in detail.)


> Depends on version and distribution. A good starting point is to find
> the file "local.cf" inside some spamassassin directory (wherever that
> may be on your system). It usually resides in /etc/spamassassin
> or /etc/mail/spamassassin.

Well, IMHO it is not a good idea to start messing with the default SA
settings, unless you *really* know what you are doing. In which case you
don't need a pointer where those files are located. :)

...guenther


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