Re: Spam assassin / ASK advice

Very well-put. I would suggest that if this feature is added, to not =

hard-code the spam flag ASK looks for. How about reading this variable =

out of ~/.askrc? This would make it much more flexible.

~ Derek


david blunkett wrote:
> Paga, Derek,
>
> My vote is that it is reasonable to provide ASK with a bypass facility =

> - one of the most significant criticisms of CR systems are that they =

> multiply spam volume. This facility can significantly reduce this. I =

> understand the procmail system but this option is not open to me and =

> users often want to vet their spam filter for spurious hits and =

> therefore wish to leave filtering to their mail client.
>
> The 'S' option (save to spam filter) is nice for me. I prefer to vet =

> these unclassified mails via the "ask process queue" (which I have =

> hacked to show origin and subject but no bodytext) than receiving them =

> in my inbox. This provides me with a neat way to feed spam assassin.
>
> I am happy with my hacks - they are working very nicely for me.
>
> Cheers for ASK - it is saving me a huge amount of annoyance!
>
> SA
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>> From: Marco Paganini <[email protected]>
>> To: Derek Pizzagoni <[email protected]>
>> CC: david blunkett =

>> <[email protected]>,[email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [A-S-K-users] Spam assassin / ASK advice
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:45:04 -0500
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:33:43PM -0800, Derek Pizzagoni wrote:
>> > Yeah, I thought that might be it. I guess it all depends on how you're
>> > passing your e-mail to ASK. I'd vote for the FAQ addition, but it's
>> > possible not everybody is using it with procmail, right?
>> >
>> > ~ Derek
>>
>> Actually, most aren't. I also vote for the FAQ, but I'd love to hear
>> more opinions on this.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Paga
>>
>> -- =

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